It isn't Oracle terminology but will be something that is common in your organisation. We use "refresh" in a similar way. Our term, not database specific. Even if it was an Oracle specific term it's always worth asking for clarification of questions from a user. On Dec 11, 2007 6:18 PM, Shastry(DBA) <shastry17@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know that the question is weird, I apologize to the ones which they have > hurt with my questions. The issue is resolved, It was basically the tables > refresh from prod to dev, I didnt understand the Oracle terminology Data > population and googling did not help. > > Thanks everyone. > > Reg, > An > > > On Dec 11, 2007 11:45 AM, Ahbaid Gaffoor <ahbaid@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Your user probably wants data moved from a production database to a > > development (or some other non-prod) db > > > > What this typically entails is an export of a table or tables, copying > > the files across to the dev host then doing an import. > > > > There are lots of other ways of doing this such as db links, or even > > transportable tablespaces, the amount of data, the frequency of this > > request, and the sensitivity of the data (SOX?) will impact how you do > > this. > > > > If the question is simply how to do this, then export / import is a good > > start. > > > > regards > > Ahbaid > > > > Anant (DBA) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > Can any please suggest me what is data population in Oracle database? > > > User has requested , Data population from Prod to dev instance. > > > Does this mean a data refresh of tables from prod to dev? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ann > > > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info