If you're referring to 10g, I believe they are. But they're in a binary format.
Stefan
shame on me for not coming to the list with a question to "answer" a question, but although I haven't gotten around to testing it, I believe external tables are writable...seems you could create the external table and do a CTAS ?
I need to go look into that ...
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Stefan
On 10/19/06, Roger Xu < Roger.Xu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi List, > > I remember in the past someone shared a script which dumps tables to CSV > files. > If anybody has it and is willing to share, I do not have to write it > myself. > > Thanks, > > Laziest DBA in the world > > This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any > review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use o > ____________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. >