With data pump you can't do flat files. Data pump can only use an oracle-specific binary format. What you want to be looking at is sql*loader: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28319/ldr_concepts.htm#i1005437 To unload a table to a flat file, there is no "real" method provided by oracle. Several alternatives of doing it can be found here: http://asktom.oracle.com/tkyte/flat/index.html Cheers Stefan ========================= Stefan P Knecht CEO & Founder s@xxxxxxxx 10046 Consulting GmbH Schwarzackerstrasse 29 CH-8304 Wallisellen Switzerland Phone +41-(0)8400-10046 Cell +41 (0) 79 571 36 27 info@xxxxxxxx http://www.10046.ch ========================= On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:22 AM, patrick obrien <po04541@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Oracle Experts, > > In OEM, I can easily import a correctly configured flat file into a table > using DP. > > But, > > can I export a table to a flat file using Data Pump's/Oracle 11g's standard > features? > > Thank you, > Patrick > >