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QDT: Escape from Alcatraz

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Quick Datapump Trick

Using the expdp/impdp datapump utilities on Unix/Linux can be a bit tricky when it comes to formulating the EXCLUDE or INCLUDE parameters. Let’s say I want to export a schema but exclude two tables (BONUS,SALGRADE). The expdp command would look something like this in Windows:

[sourcecode]expdp system/password@db directory=data_pump_dir dumpfile=mydata.dmp logfile=mydata.log schema=scott exclude=table:"in (‘BONUS’,'(SALGRADE)'[/sourcecode]

In Unix/Linux you’ll have to escape the quotes and parenthesis:

[sourcecode]expdp system/password@db directory=data_pump_dir dumpfile=mydata.dmp logfile=mydata.log schema=scott exclude=table:\"in \(\’BONUS\’,\’\(SALGRADE\)\'[/sourcecode]