Re: Need a SQL*UNLoader

From: David Hiltz <dhiltz_at_whsun1.whoi.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 1994 02:01:26 GMT
Message-ID: <3d2phm$5lq_at_pearl.whoi.edu>


Roger Bjarevall (ebcrbj_at_ebc.ericsson.se) wrote:
: sspruell_at_ssf3.jsc.nasa.gov (Steven Spruell) wrote:
: >
: > Has anyone got any info on products or techniques to generate a delimited
: > export file from Oracle tables? I know I can use sqlplus or Reports and
: > generate a seperate report for each table, but I was looking for something
: > a little more generic. I guess Oracle is under the impression that no one
: > would ever want to EXPORT data FROM Oracle, sort of like once you've reached
: > nirvana, why would you want to go back?
 

: I think that the load AND unload facilities as you describe are the
: basic tools for an admin in a database product. This seems not to
: be the case for Oracle...
 

: Anyway, I've had a talk with our technical sales at Oracle and
: he mention that they will deliver a true SQL*UNload product in
: late '95 or beginning of '96 (7.3?).

  Meanwhile get a copy of "unloadr" - an Oraperl script that dumps data out   of Oracle into ASCII files. Works great.



  David Hiltz
  dhiltz_at_whsun1.wh.whoi.edu
  Network System Administrator
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  ######&_at_&###### Received on Mon Dec 19 1994 - 03:01:26 CET

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