RE: Saving a group of tables on a database refresh

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:02:31 -0500
Message-ID: <0186754BC82DD511B5C600B0D0AAC4D60E9AE6F3@EXCHMN3>

Michael - Import tries to create each table. If the table already exists, you get an error. IGNORE=Y just tells import to ignore this error.

If you try to import into a table that already has data, import will still try to insert data in that table. Most likely you'll receive a blizzard of ORA-0001 errors.

Get a list of all tables and then list all tables you want to import into in a TABLES statement in your import parameters file. You can generate a list of tables in SQL*Plus by

select table_name||',' from user_tables;

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.

"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive."
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Kline.Michael Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:58 AM
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Subject: Saving a group of tables on a database refresh

HP-UX, Oracle 8.1.7.

To refresh the test databases we drop all tables and then import.

We have a request to not blow off or change all tables that start with "OPB_". I can NOT purge them, but purge everything else. If I use the "ignore=n", will it then leave the OPB_ tables untouched?

I know what it's supposed to do, but has anyone done this in real life with success?

Thanks.

Michael Kline
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