In update strategy target table or flat file which gives
more performance ? why?

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / abhinav

I guess the question was wrong as you cannot update a flat file as target.
In a Flat file data can only be inserted not updated.

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / naga

Flat file is better only for Insert,but if you are using
Update strategy for updating a table and also we a Flat
file cannot be updated

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / naga

Flat file is better only for Insert,but if you are using
Update strategy for updating a table then table gives
better performance and FYI a Flatfile cannot be updated

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / sriram

Update strategy can be performed on tables not on Flat files.

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / nishtha

Can someone pls give correct answer for this question?

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / nagaraju

flat file is better than relational becoz there is no index concet in flat file

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In update strategy target table or flat file which gives more performance ? why? ..

Answer / sanjay

Flate file give better performance bcz Retrival of data
from flat file is fast then relation database

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