I'd appreciate help on the use of external tables to load data into internal
tables.



1. I understand that external tables is the best way of loading large
quantities of data into internal tables. Is this correct? If not, what is
a better method?



2. It seems that most experienced Firebird users recommend that only
CHAR columns are defined in external tables. Are there problems with using
other column types?



3. Does it matter how big the external file is in terms of bytes of
data? Number of rows? Number of columns?



Thanks,

Hardy


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