Re: export to ascii file

Laurie D. Miller wrote:
>
> Guenter Radakovits wrote:
> >
> > Raul Sanchez wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to know how or where I might find information on how
> > > to export a table to an ascii file in ORACLE (for example, in SYBASE
> > > I would use the following:
> > >
> > > bcp databaseName..tableName out dataFile -c .....
> > >
> > > In order words, what is the equivalent to this statement above
> > > in ORACLE. Thanx for you kind help in advance.
> > >
> > > --Raul
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > the spool statements are OK but the "LINESIZE" option must be as long
> > as the sum of the length of the columns of the table or
> > the sum of the length of the columns you want to spool out
> >
> > otherways you would get "n" lines instead of one per record
> >
> > another option is you can concatenate the columns
> > separated by a character of your choice the benefit is you save
> > space on the filesystem -
> > here you also must take care of the LINESIZE option
> >
> > for example
> >
> > *********************************************************
> > select * from dept;
> > DEPTNO DNAME LOC
> > ---------- -------------- -------------
> > 10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
> > *********************************************************
> >
> > *********************************************************
> > select deptno||';'||dname||';'||loc||';' from dept;
> >
> > 10;ACCOUNTING;NEW YORK;
> > *********************************************************
> > try this ways and compare the sizes of the two outputfiles
> >
> > good luck
> > guenter
>
> Oracle's SQLLOADER will export to Ascii files and you can
> use column delimiters.
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> Laurie D. Miller Stanford University
> Database Administrator lmiller_at_lindy.stanford.edu

Wrong Answer.......

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Laurie D. Miller           Stanford University
Database Administrator     lmiller_at_lindy.stanford.edu