Re: Need help importing data.

If in the same database and space is not an issue,t he create_as_insert is what I usually use.

If the tables are in different instances and both are up at the same time, then there is a COPY command in SQL*NET that can be used to move data across databases.

In article <01bd9321$b7343de0$049a0580_at_mcb>,   "Matt Brennan" <mbrennan_at_gers.antispam.com> wrote:
>
> Unless import can do something like that (don't know enough about it to say
> one way or the other), spool your data to a file with SQL*Plus (and turn
> off formatting like column headings, pagesize, etc.) and also use a
> delimiter character. Then, load the data into a new table with SQL*Loader.
> Or, if you're on the same database, can't you just do an insert/select?:
>
> insert into new_table(<columns>)
> select <columns>
> from old_table
> /
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> Nick Harvey <nick.harvey_at_futurenet.co.uk> wrote in article
> <356E7659.6B678981_at_futurenet.co.uk>...
> > Exporting and importing data. Is there any way to export just the data
> > from an oracle table, and re-import it into a table with a different
> > structure?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>

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