Re: Import data

Sashi wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need to import data from an existing data dump file. The problem is
> that I need to overwrite existing tables. Since the import command
> doesn't give this option (very surprising), I'm wondering what to do.
> I don't want to drop all the tables as that might make my views,
> indexes etc go out of sync.
>
> Is there a way of keeping my tables and importing the existing data?
> The source and destination schemas are in sync.
>
> Thanks,
> Sashi

No version hmmmm. Your assumption that Oracle can not overwrite an existing table during an import is incorrect. Check out the DESTROY parameter at http://tahiti.oracle.com.

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