Re: DataPump Import

Graham, what makes you think you cant do this? Oracle sofwate is very good at loading data while the database is in use...

I mean if i / we had to wait for users to be "off the system" to load data - being a dba would would be much less fun

Bob

Graham Ross wrote:
> All,
>
> I just need a sanity check . . . .
>
> Is there any reason why I can't import data into a table using datapump while the database is in use ? The import is historical data moved from another system which will be accessed infrequently. The table itself receives inserts, but no updates or deletes (except for a daily purge job).
>
> Ideally I'd prefer to do it with all the users out of the sytem, but this isn't possible at the moment. The only thing I could think of would be a possible performance hit, but we aren't unduly stressing the system at the moment.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> graham
>
>
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