https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Which-is-Faster-with-Oracle-SAS-ACCESS-libname-or-dbload/m-p/66540#M14445 DBLOAD is the old fashioned way. I doubt it would faster than using LIBNAME together with Oracle bulk load (which is enabled by using BULKLOAD= option).<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:26:46 GMT LinusH 2008-12-18T20:26:46Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Which-is-Faster-with-Oracle-SAS-ACCESS-libname-or-dbload/m-p/66539#M14444 In dealing with very large volumes of Oracle data in UNIX which would be faster?<BR /> <BR /> 1. Use dbload and deal with the 8 byte field names?<BR /> <BR /> 2. Use a LIBNAME connect to Oracle?<BR /> <BR /> Do they both really invoke Oracle's SQLLDR behind the scenes? Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:04:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Which-is-Faster-with-Oracle-SAS-ACCESS-libname-or-dbload/m-p/66539#M14444 JMarkW 2008-12-18T16:04:48Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Which-is-Faster-with-Oracle-SAS-ACCESS-libname-or-dbload/m-p/66540#M14445 DBLOAD is the old fashioned way. I doubt it would faster than using LIBNAME together with Oracle bulk load (which is enabled by using BULKLOAD= option).<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:26:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Which-is-Faster-with-Oracle-SAS-ACCESS-libname-or-dbload/m-p/66540#M14445 LinusH 2008-12-18T20:26:46Z