I have a 8.1.7 database with spatial option. Our GIS application people have
uploaded quite bit of GIS data into Oracle spatial.
Now for a couple of reasons, I want to create/rebuild a new 8i database with
spatial option too (no any actual spatial data in it yet) and want to move
the spatial data from existing database to this new database using
export/import. One problem is Oracle does NOT allow MDSYS user (who owns the
metadata tables) to be exported.
Does any one know any workaround or have good/bad experience for doing
similar thing? To moving the required metadata, can I simply populate the
MDSYS.SDO_GEOM_METADATA_TABLE in the new database with the data in the same
table in the existing database?
Thanks for any suggestion/comment.