Method for performing a bulk load into a database

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for performing a bulk load into a data partition (12) of the database (10), which does not compromise the database in case of a failure during the bulk load process and allows read access to the affected data while the bulk load is performed. This is achieved by storing the bulk load data (24) in a new data area (22) while locking the old data for writing; building a new index (26) which covers the old and new data (22); building a new file control block (28) which includes the storage location of the new index (26) and the old (16) and new data (22) in the storage device (14); and then in the last step appending the new data to the data of the database by replacing the active file control block (20) with the new file control block (28).