Shawn, Thanks very much for your suggestion. Could be possible to share your script with me? David >From: "Shawn Ferris" <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: Copy long raw data from a remote database >Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 22:59:24 -0600 (MDT) > >My suggestion is to unload the table into a flat file and use SQL*Loader >with the direct option set. I have a quick and dirty Perl script I hacked >together to unload a table given the name, or a select stmt. (It's not >pretty.. maybe I'll clean it up a tad before hand) > >Using this script and SQL*Loader.. we un/load huge RAW/ CLOB tables in >much less time than it would take exp/ imp. (From sybase, I unloaded a >300k record table, a 2.5GB flat file, in about 45 minutes if I recall.. I >think SQL*Load took about the same) > >This is 8i or better, yes? (I'm not sure how flexible the delimeters are >in anything but 8.1.7 and better) > >Shawn >SR. Database Admin >Time Warner Telecom _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------