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Tool wouldnt include source?
"Dale Edgar" <Dale_at_DataBee.com> wrote in message
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> On 28 May 2002 22:28:53 -0700, sroesch3_at_attbi.com (Steve) wrote:
>
> >"Tim Smith" <x_at_x.com> wrote in message
news:<TETI8.134047$Po6.287131_at_rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>...
> >> Is the Export File format in the public domain? If not, is there an
export
> >> api? I am interested in creating custom export dump files, from
non-Oracle
> >> data sources. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance.
> >>
> >> TS
> >
> >Oracle Export Format has never been documented and there is no api.
>
> True - but the format isn't all that cryptic. A bit of work with a
> binary editor will enable you to figure out enough to do what you want
> to do.
>
> Thats what we did for our DBATool freeware - and the approach was
> quite successful.
>
> Regards
> Dale
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Received on Wed May 29 2002 - 14:33:39 CDT
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