Re: Can I DP Export to Excel

  • From: Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: po04541@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:09:45 +0100

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

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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
>
>

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