Hi, I've found this for Windows-Systems at Metalink. The note states that I have to use \" as delimiter or """ on Windows Systems. I tried both, but the whole table is exported. If I start the export with only one " as you described it, it terminates without any message. Best regards, Michael -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Wolfgang Breitling [mailto:breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. August 2005 14:59 An: Fleck, Michael Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: Export with Query Parameter What's with the back slashes before the " ? I always use export with query like this: ...tables=G960DB1.G500MONATSLAUF_T QUERY="WHERE LAUFMONAT >'01.05.2005'" oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi list members, > > Our export-command file looks like this: > exp system@oraprod file=G:\exp_tab_oraprod_G960.dmp > log=G:\exp_tab_oraprod_G960.log statistics=none indexes=N > tables=G960DB1.G500MONATSLAUF_T QUERY=\"WHERE LAUFMONAT > >'01.05.2005'\" > > When running a SELECT COUNT(*) query with this WHERE-clause, the > system returns about 1.000.000 rows. The export runs without a syntax > error, but it always exports the whole table. -- Regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l