Oracle® Database Utilities 10g Release (10.1) Part No B10825-01 December 2003 Oracle Database Utilities, 10g Release (10.1) Part No B10825-01 Copyright © 1996, 2003 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved Primary Author: Kathy Rich Contributors: Lee Barton, Ellen Batbouta, Janet Blowney, George Claborn, Jay Davison, Steve DiPirro, Bill Fisher, Dean Gagne, John Galanes, John Kalogeropoulos, Jonathan Klein, Cindy Lim, Eric Magrath, Brian McCarthy, Rod Payne, Ray Pfau, Rich Phillips, Paul Reilly, Mike Sakayeda, Francisco Sanchez, Marilyn Saunders, Jim Stenoish, Carol Tagliaferri The Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information of Oracle Corporation; they are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are also protected by copyright, patent and other intellectual and industrial property laws Reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation of the Programs, except to the extent required to obtain interoperability with other independently created software or as specified by law, is prohibited The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice If you find any problems in the documentation, please report them to us in writing Oracle Corporation does not warrant that this document is error-free Except as may be expressly permitted in your license agreement for these Programs, no part of these Programs may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Oracle Corporation If the Programs are delivered to the U.S Government or anyone licensing or using the programs on behalf of the U.S Government, the following notice is applicable: Restricted Rights Notice Programs delivered subject to the DOD FAR Supplement are "commercial computer software" and use, duplication, and disclosure of the Programs, including documentation, shall be subject to the licensing restrictions set forth in the applicable Oracle license agreement Otherwise, Programs delivered subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulations are "restricted computer software" and use, duplication, and disclosure of the Programs shall be subject to the restrictions in FAR 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights (June, 1987) Oracle Corporation, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065 The Programs are not intended for use in any nuclear, aviation, mass transit, medical, or other inherently dangerous applications It shall be the licensee's responsibility to take all appropriate fail-safe, backup, redundancy, and other measures to ensure the safe use of such applications if the Programs are used for such purposes, and Oracle Corporation disclaims liability for any damages caused by such use of the Programs Oracle is a registered trademark, and Oracle Store, Oracle8, Oracle8i, Oracle9i, PL/SQL, SQL*Net, and SQL*Plus are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners Contents Send Us Your Comments xli Preface xliii Audience Documentation Accessibility Organization Related Documentation Conventions xliii xliv xliv xlvii xlviii What's New in Database Utilities? liii New Features in Oracle Database 10g liii Volume Part I Oracle Data Pump Overview of Oracle Data Pump Data Pump Components What New Features Do Data Pump Export and Import Provide? How Does Data Pump Access Data? Direct Path Loads and Unloads External Tables Accessing Data Over a Network What Happens During Execution of a Data Pump Job? 1-1 1-2 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-6 1-7 iii Coordination of a Job Tracking Progress Within a Job Filtering Data During a Job Transforming Metadata During a Job Maximizing Job Performance Loading and Unloading of Data Monitoring Job Status The DBA_DATAPUMP_JOBS and USER_DATAPUMP_JOBS Views The DBA_DATAPUMP_SESSIONS View Monitoring the Progress of Executing Jobs File Allocation Specifying Files and Adding Additional Dump Files Default Locations for Dump, Log, and SQL Files Using Directory Objects When Automatic Storage Management Is Enabled Setting Parallelism Using Substitution Variables Original Export and Import Versus Data Pump Export and Import Data Pump Export What Is Data Pump Export? Invoking Data Pump Export Data Pump Export Interfaces Data Pump Export Modes Full Export Mode Schema Mode Table Mode Tablespace Mode Transportable Tablespace Mode Network Considerations Filtering During Export Operations Data Filters Metadata Filters Parameters Available in Export's Command-Line Mode ATTACH CONTENT iv 1-7 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-9 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-11 1-12 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 1-16 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-3 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-5 2-5 2-6 2-6 2-6 2-8 2-9 2-10 DIRECTORY DUMPFILE ESTIMATE ESTIMATE_ONLY EXCLUDE FILESIZE FLASHBACK_SCN FLASHBACK_TIME FULL HELP INCLUDE JOB_NAME LOGFILE NETWORK_LINK NOLOGFILE PARALLEL PARFILE QUERY SCHEMAS STATUS TABLES TABLESPACES TRANSPORT_FULL_CHECK TRANSPORT_TABLESPACES VERSION How Data Pump Export Parameters Map to Those of the Original Export Utility Commands Available in Export's Interactive-Command Mode ADD_FILE CONTINUE_CLIENT EXIT_CLIENT HELP KILL_JOB PARALLEL START_JOB STATUS 2-10 2-12 2-14 2-14 2-15 2-17 2-18 2-18 2-19 2-20 2-20 2-22 2-22 2-23 2-24 2-25 2-27 2-27 2-29 2-29 2-30 2-31 2-32 2-33 2-34 2-35 2-37 2-38 2-39 2-39 2-39 2-40 2-40 2-41 2-41 v whitespace included in a field, 9-49 leading, 9-47 preserving, 9-51 terminating a field, 9-25, 9-50 trimming, 9-44 X XML columns loading, 10-18 treatment by SQL*Loader, 10-18 XML type tables identifying in SQL*Loader, 8-7 XMLTYPE clause in SQL*Loader control file, 8-7 Z ZONED datatype, 9-11 EXTERNAL format SQL*Loader, 9-21 Index-27 Index-28 ... 2- 10 2- 12 2-14 2- 14 2- 15 2- 17 2- 18 2- 18 2- 19 2- 20 2- 20 2- 22 2 -22 2- 23 2- 24 2- 25 2- 27 2- 27 2- 29 2- 29 2- 30 2- 31 2- 32 2-33 2- 34 2- 35 2- 37 2- 38 2- 39 2- 39 2- 39 2- 40 2- 40 2- 41 2- 41 v whitespace... iv 1-7 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-9 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-11 1- 12 1- 12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 1-16 2- 1 2- 2 2- 3 2- 3 2- 4 2- 4 2- 4 2- 4 2- 5 2- 5 2- 6 2- 6 2- 6 2- 8 2- 9 2- 10 DIRECTORY DUMPFILE .. .Oracle Database Utilities, 10g Release (10.1) Part No B10 825 -01 Copyright © 1996, 20 03 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved Primary Author: