bcp will extract to readable format, unlike import/export
>From: "Deshpande, Kirti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Bulkcopy
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:45:50 -0800
>
>From what I know, bulk copy or bcp as it is called in the MS SQL Server
>world, is equivalent to Oracle's export/import. So instead of
>exporting/importing data they must bcp'ing it in/out of the SQL Server
>database. Per MS web site posting, the newer MS SQL Server improved the
>bulk
>copy performance by 57%. (Must have added options similar to 'direct=y' and
>'buffer=' in exp/imp ;)
>
>HTH..
>
>- Kirti Deshpande
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher Spence [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 3:06 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Bulkcopy
> >
> > There is a tool you can do to convert a table to CSV on Thomas Kyte's
> > page, there is also a product from Oriole called PDQ Out which will
>output
> > tables into format that can be blasted in with SQL LOADER. I would also
> > look into transportable tablespaces.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carle, William T (Bill), NLCIO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 3:45 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Bulkcopy
> >
> >
> > AT&T uses Oracle. I'm well acquainted with sqlldr, and I assumed
> > that the questioner was too. I took his question to be: was there a
> > bulkcopy utility in addition to sqlldr and the answer as far as I know
>is
> > no.
> >
> >
> > Bill Carle
> > AT&T
> > Database Administrator
> > 816-995-3922
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 2:20 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Bulkcopy
> >
> > sqlldr. AT&T obviously uses Sybase.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carle,
> > William T (Bill), NLCIO
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 11:46 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: RE: Bulkcopy
> > Howdy,
> >
> > The only bulkcopy utility that I know of is a Sybase utility.
> > The Sybase bcp command moves data from a flat file to a Sybase table and
> > vice versa. I don't know of any such command in Oracle.
> >
> >
> > Bill Carle
> > AT&T
> > Database Administrator
> > 816-995-3922
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robertson Lee - lerobe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 12:16 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Bulkcopy
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Anyone heard of this utility for Oracle ?. Someone mentioned it
> > today and I didn't have a clue. They said it would be in
>$ORACLE_HOME/bin.
> > Nothing there !!
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
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