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Re: export dumpfile -> sqlload conversion ?

From: Frank Downs <frank.downs_at_webmail.co.za>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:34:52 GMT
Message-ID: <3638d083.21169899@dbn-news.iafrica.com>


Oracle is extremely secretive about the format of their export files. As far as I am aware there aren't even any third-party vendor tools that can achieve this feat.

>Has anybody tried to convert the data in the export.dmp file to a format
>suitable for sqlload ? I think it could save lots of time since sqlload can
>read tables in direct path and in parallel.
>
>What format is the data in export.dmp in ? When I know that, it should not be
>too difficult to write a little program to create the control-files and
>datafiles.
>
>Ideas ? comments ? sources ?
>--
>Ronald
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Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 14:34:52 CST

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