Re: sys as sysdba within a script?

hastenthunder wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to run a batch job that requies sysdba privilege.
> Specifically, I trying to perform a transportable tablespace export within a
> script. However, the following command will encounter an error (caused by
> "as sysdba" clause)
>
> exp sys/password as sysdba transport_tablespace-y tablespaces=tbs1
> triggers=y file=test.dmp
>
> Is there any way to get around that so I don't have to maually enter the
> sysdba password every time the script runs?

A nice thing of some unix shells is piping the password so its not visible from a ps command, ie

print $PASSWORD | exp userid=uname_at_db ...

hth
connor

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