Oracle7 Server Utilities

CHAPTER 1. Export

This chapter describes how to use the Export utility to write data from an Oracle database into an operating system file in binary format. This file can be stored independently of the database or read into another Oracle database, using the Import utility (described in Chapter 2).

This chapter covers the following topics:

Export Basics

Error Handling

Export Modes

Interactive and Command-Line Methods

Export Parameters

Incremental and Cumulative Exports

It also provides several example export sessions that show how the export utility works in certain situations.