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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Parameters

FROM/TO

Specifies either the target or the source database. You must be connected to one database. Use this clause to specify the other.

connection

Login information to use when connecting to the other database. This must be in the typical username/password@connect_string format.

APP[END]

Causes SQL*Plus to insert the copied rows into the destination table. If necessary, SQL*Plus will create the destination table first.

CRE[ATE]

Causes SQL*Plus to copy the data only if the destination table is a new table.

INSERT

Causes SQL*Plus to insert the copied rows into the destination table only if it already exists.

REP[LACE]

Causes SQL*Plus to delete and re-create the destination table if it currently exists.

destination_table

Name of the table to which you want to copy the data.

column_list

Specifies column names to use when the COPY command creates a new destination table. This is a comma-delimited list, and the number of column names must match the number of columns in the SELECT statement.

select_statement

A SELECT statement that returns the data you want to COPY.

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