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ON, OFF
OFF
DBA permissions are not required to set this option. Can be set temporary for an individual connection or for the PUBLIC group. Takes effect immediately.
The APPEND_LOAD option applies to LOAD, INSERT...SELECT, and INSERT...VALUES statements. It takes effect on the next LOAD, INSERT...SELECT, or INSERT...VALUES statement.
When the APPEND_LOAD option is OFF, Sybase IQ reuses row IDs from deleted rows. Setting this option ON appends new data to the end of the table.
The APPEND_LOAD database option behaves differently for partitioned and non-partitioned tables. Row ID ranges are assigned to each partition in a partitioned table. For partitioned tables, when APPEND_LOAD is ON, new rows are appended at the end of the appropriate partition. When APPEND_LOAD is OFF, the load reuses the first available row IDs and space from deleted rows.
For non-partitioned tables, when APPEND_LOAD is ON, new rows are added after the maximum row ID that is at the end of the table rows. When APPEND_LOAD is OFF, the load reuses the deleted row IDs. With non-partitioned tables, you can also control where rows are inserted by using the LOAD or INSERT START ROW ID clause to specify the row at which to start inserting.
