Or, you could add "where" clause to "merge_update_claue", which will never be true (like "where 0=1"), thus skiping updates.
-- --Original Message-- -- From: oracle-l-bounce@(protected) [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@(protected)] On Behalf Of Igor Neyman Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:58 AM To: ranko.mosic@(protected) Cc: Paul Drake; ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Dimension table load - PLSQL question