Datapump with SQLFILE=, (Use the CONTENT as well if you just want the data only) then use sed/awk to manipulate the output to your liking (vi won't work if the file is too large). From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Ballester Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:19 PM To: oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: dump large amounts of data to a flat file 2008/10/27 Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx> not talking about an export. I need a comma delimitted file. large amounts of data. is there anything better than spool? sql developer does not work on large data sets. spool the select output or use the text_io package Regards D. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l