Re: Data Dump

Ed Gillispie wrote:
>
> Does any one have a script that will dump the data from a selected
> Oracle table (preferably in the order of the primary key) to an ASCII
> text file for loading to a mainframe?
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated!

Hi,
Use SPOOL command from SQL*PLus to extract data from a table ex: (If you want comma delimiter between values)

SET HEADING OFF
SET TERMOUT OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET LINESIZE 80
SET PAGESIZE 40 SPOOL TEST.TXT
SELECT COL1||','||COL2||','||COL3
FROM TABLE;
SPOOL OFF Hope This Helps.

Amarendra

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