Guidelines for Inserting Rows - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

Database Administration

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2024-10-04
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The following table provides some guidelines you can use to make the best choice of utilities when inserting rows. Keep in mind that you may find a better way through experimenting.

Task First Choice Second Choice
Insert a small number of rows into an empty table FastLoad TPump/BTEQ
Insert a large number of rows into an empty table FastLoad TPump
Insert a small number of rows into a small populated table BTEQ, MultiLoad, TPump or MERGE when the transaction density is too low for satisfactory performance  
Insert a small number of rows into a large populated table TPump, BTEQ, or MERGE  
Insert a moderate number of rows into a large populated table MultiLoad or MERGE TPump when the transaction density is too low for satisfactory performance
Insert a large number of rows into a large populated table MultiLoad or MERGE
  1. FastLoad rows into an empty table.
  2. INSERT ... SELECT rows into an empty new table.
Insert a large number of rows into multiple populated tables MultiLoad TPump
Insert a large number of rows when logged on session are near their full capacity INSERT ... SELECT or MERGE TPump
Insert a large number of rows when the specific order of updates is important Tpump INSERT ... SELECT or MERGE
Insert a large number of rows into multiple empty tables Multiple FastLoads MultiLoad