RE: Extensions for export files

  • From: "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx" <cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:48:00 -0700

Confirmed - test case below:

SYS@demo>conn system
Enter password:
Connected.
SYSTEM@demo>create table testtab (c number);

Table created.

SYSTEM@demo>quit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
ux04.oracle ->exp system tables=testtab file=myfile_without_dmp_extension.foo 
log=mylog_without_log_extension.foo

Export: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Nov 19 11:45:15 2009

Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Password:

Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
Export done in US7ASCII character set and AL16UTF16 NCHAR character set
server uses WE8ISO8859P1 character set (possible charset conversion)

About to export specified tables via Conventional Path ...
. . exporting table                        TESTTAB          0 rows exported
Export terminated successfully without warnings.

ux04.oracle ->ls -lrt|tail -2
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   399 Nov 19 11:45 mylog_without_log_extension.foo
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 16384 Nov 19 11:45 myfile_without_dmp_extension.foo

ux04.oracle ->sqlplus system

SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Nov 19 11:45:35 2009

Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.

Enter password:

Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production

SYSTEM@demo>drop table testtab;

Table dropped.

SYSTEM@demo>exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production

ux04.oracle ->imp system tables=testtab file=myfile_without_dmp_extension.foo 
log=mylog_without_log_extension.foo

Import: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Thu Nov 19 11:46:12 2009

Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Password:

Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production

Export file created by EXPORT:V10.02.01 via conventional path
import done in US7ASCII character set and AL16UTF16 NCHAR character set
import server uses WE8ISO8859P1 character set (possible charset conversion)
. importing SYSTEM's objects into SYSTEM
. importing SYSTEM's objects into SYSTEM
. . importing table                      "TESTTAB"          0 rows imported
Import terminated successfully without warnings.


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