Re: Copying one database to another

I think you want to disable the constraints in the original database, export it, import it to the new database, then re-enable the constraints.

That should do it.

Check out Alter Table [tablename] disable constraint [constraint name] syntax.

"Shaikh Ismail" <shaikhib_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8mn4su$9ej$1_at_husk.cso.niu.edu...
> Hello All,
>
> I have a database where constraints have been set on some tables. For
> example, rows in table A have a foreign key from table B. To import a row
> into table A, the foreign key must already be in table B.
>
> I would like to copy this first database into a second, empty one. Using
 imp
> and a full import, rows sometimes get discarded because their foreign key
> hasn't been imported into the database. How can I specify the order that
 imp
> brings in the table -- without importing tables one-at-a-time by hand?
> Better still, is there a way to disable the constraints first, import the
> tables and then re-enable them? I looked at the dmp file and see that the
> constraints are created there.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT