Re: Oracle exp file structure?

It won't give you data, but if you want database structure.

imp show=y

or

imp indexfile=x.sql

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<bkarwin_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8f7ltp$gh1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...


> I'm interested in writing a utility to parse an


> Oracle exp file and import it into another

> vendor's database (and vice versa).  I think

> this would be very handy for people who have to

> work with multiple database products.

>

> Are there any resources to learn the binary

> file structure of an Oracle exp file?

> Alternately, is there a library that already

> does this task?  (besides `imp' of course)

>

> I've been checking all the Oracle books,

> newsgroups, Oracle technet, and other

> Internet resources I could get my hands on,

> but I can't find the information I need.

>

> Regards,

> Bill Karwin

> bill_at_<nospam>karwin.com

>

>

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