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From: Glenn@wplace.demon.co.uk (Glenn Nicholas)
Subject: Re: Import/Export from within MS Windows.
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In article <1994Jun3.182344.17774@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de>
           rhughes@143.158.207.201 "Ralph Hughes" writes:

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:We have an Oracle database residing on a HP 9000 server.
:All the users are on PCs running Windows client applications.
:They want to be able to start (or schedule) an import/export
:without having to get out of Windows.
:I have never seen this done.
:Does Oracle have a Windows based import/export utility?  Do any 
:third party companies provide similar utilities?
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You can launch the exp or imp executables to run on the host using the
dbms_pipes package.  Check out the Oracle 7 Application Developer's
Guide and you will be able to figure it out from there.  You will
need a forms front end to make it easy for the users.

-- 
Glenn Nicholas.