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How to clone a database from one environment to a database on another environment?

OS: RHEL DB: Oracle 11g version 11.1.0.7.0 I am trying to clone a database on one environment (environment A) to another database on a separate environment (Environment B). Environment B's database ...
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Exporting and importing a database

I have setup an Oracle 11g Database and have a question about exporting and importing a database. I am using Enterprise Manager and have browsed to the following: Data Movement->Export to Export ...
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Oracle schema import is not importing all the tables present in the schema dump file

I have exported an existing oracle schema from another machine and then imported it in my local machine. Import was successful, but some tables which are present in the export dump file are not ...
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Update oracle sql database from CSV

I tried google at first but no luck. Is it possible to update tables from csv file? I am using SQL developer and I am using a script to export edited rows to a csv file. I would like to update the ...
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Does a standby slow down Oracle imp?

I have Oracle 10gR2 installed on Redhat Linux 5.4 on two servers (primary and physical standby). When I import data into the primary server while the standby is started it takes too long to complete ...
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How to create two database copies in two users from same dump file

I have a database dump file with me, I need to make two copies of the database using the same dump file in two users. Is it possible?
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Oracle not trusting statistics after an import?

We are seing some strange behavior in the way Oracle is handling statistics of an imported schema. We build a schema on the dev system, analyze if and import into the production with the stats. For ...
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Oracle Imp Dump Full

Can I create a new instance in a new server and import a dump file which was made with the command exp full=y etc? If it is possible do I need to recreate tablespaces and users before the import? If ...
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Oracle dump import

After a system failure I bought a new server and now I'm trying to recreate the Oracle database I had. I have a dump file which was made with the command exp and full=y. Can I restore the full ...
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Imports & exports under storage constraints and preallocations

I have a 5GB oracle database that I want to export and then import on my own local database. Easy right? The point is, I use oracle XE 10g which allows me to use up to 4GB. I then decided to make the ...
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Importing schema to new or different tablespace

Is there a convenient way to import a schema into Oracle 11gR2 using a single new or different tablespace than where the data originated? As an example, I have exported BLOG_DATA from OLDDB, where ...
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Getting error when using Oracle imp command to import dmp file

I am importing a dmp file using the following command: imp user/pass file=file.dmp log=logfile.log full=y ignore=y destroy=y I get the following errors: . . importing table ...
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Can you time how long an Oracle import takes?

I'm on a Windows machine with Oracle Client 11.1.0, and am going to import a database dump. I'm importing from the command line with the "imp" command. Is there an option to time how long the import ...
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Oracle 11g .DMP viewer

I have received a dump of a Oracle 11.2.0.2.0 db, which I'd like to export to some readable format like plain text, CSV, excel... Is that possible in some sort of a simple way? I've found a few ...
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Unable to restore database in Oracle 10g

I created a database backup using the expdp command in Oracle 10g. The backup appears to be created successfully. However, while restoring using impdp command I get the following error message. ...
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Materialized View does not import properly when importing a db for a second time in another schema

When I import a database with materialized view mv_mt in just one schema I get no errors. create materialized view mv_mt refresh complete next trunc( sysdate ) + 1 as SELECT sysdate, media_type.* ...
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When using expdp to create a snapshot of an oracle schema, how do I ensure that no post-export additions are retained upon using impdp to revert?

I want to create a snapshot of an Oracle schema that I can revert back to after testing. Impdp and expdp seem to be the best fit as far as how I'd like to accomplish it, but the problem is that impdp ...
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ORA-12899: importing a .dmp file + character set conversion

I'm working on a django project on Ubuntu 10.04 with Oracle Database Server , so I've installed: Oracle Database 10g xe universal Rel.10.2.0.1.0 cx_Oracle-5.0.4-10g-unicode-py26-1.x86_64 When I ...
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Best practices for ensuring up to date sequences after table import

We perform weekly table moves between several schema using expdp and impdp. Some tables have sequences associated with the ID columns and I'd like to ensure that the sequences are always up to date on ...
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restore database from dmp file

I have a situation: I have a dmp file and a database with old data server crashed and the latest data we have ar in the dmp file! we managed to pull the server back but it has old data! so we need to ...
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Import Oracle full dump file to fresh Oracle installation

I am importing a Oracle dump fill created on a AIX Oracle 9.2 installation with a Full Export option to a Windows Oracle 10.2.0.4 on Windows 2008 R2 x64. I want to import the file to a clean ...
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How to find out which data I just imported into Oracle?

I imported two dump files (no idea what they contained, my goal is precisely to find out what they contain) into Oracle, but now I am struggling to identify what is the data I imported, and what data ...
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Oracle “Import from Export Files” screen refusing both SYSADMIN and Normal users

I have just installed Oracle 11g on Win64, and I want to import some .dmp files. I am trying with the tool Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g: If I log in with SYS as SYSADMIN, and go to Import from ...
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Import .pde file on PL/SQL Developer

How can I import my .pde file which I already exported from another database by PL/SQL Developer?
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Create dump file using Oracle SQL Developer

I think I'm missing a simple point, but I couldn't find a way to use Oracle export (exp/expdp) and Oracle import (ipm/impdp) with Oracle SQL Developer (version 1.5.5)? Is there a way for it? If ...
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Use sqlldr control file to automatically create several tables in Oracle

I have a client who has a requirement that I load data from csv files into an Oracle database. Part of the requirement is that I use sqlldr and provide a control file to facilitate loading this data. ...
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Eliminate database fragmentation (export, drop and re-import tables)

I have one datafile that is highly fragmented. Its size is 10GB now and real size that is used is 2.5GB,so 7.5 is free. I decided to export data, drop that datafile, recreate it and import data. ...
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How to extract Procedure, Function, etc. Source Code from an Oracle Export

I have generated an EXPDAT.DMP file of an Oracle database with the command: exp userid=usr/pass@db owner=own rows=n compress=n I then ran the following command to generate a file containing the ...
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How can I import the contents of an Oracle database into Visio to create an Entity Relationship Diagram?

I have an Oracle database, and I would like to create an ERD in Visio 2007 Pro. I have so far looked at DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL commands to generate ddl. I know that I can import an Access DB into ...
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Import a Oracle DMP file into a Fresh install of oracle

A client sent us a oracle database we need to test against. We don't use oracle or have any oracle expertise in house. We need to setup the database so we can connect to it and debug a problem. I ...