SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create table myTable as select * from all_objects;
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats( user, 'myTable' );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> create table myTable2 as select * from myTable;
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats( user, 'myTable2' );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> set timing on
SQL>
SQL> update myTable set object_name = lower(object_name);
12599 rows updated.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.15
SQL> begin
2 for x in ( select rowid rid, object_name, rownum r from myTable2 )
3 loop
4 update myTable2 set object_name = lower(x.object_name)
5 where rowid = x.rid;
6 if ( mod(x.r,100) = 0 ) then
7 commit;
8 end if;
9 end loop;
10 commit;
11 end;
12 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:01.59
SQL>
SQL> set timing off
SQL>
SQL> drop table myTable;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table myTable2;
Table dropped.