November 2004
Intermediate to advanced
121 pages
2h
English
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The Utilities
This pocket reference covers the utilities listed in Table 1-1. When a utility has a name other than its command name, the command is shown in parentheses.
Table 1-1. The Oracle utilities
Utility name | Description |
Data movement utilities | |
Export (exp) | Extracts data and metadata into an operating system file (binary, proprietary format) known as a dumpfile. |
Import (imp) | Loads objects and data from a dumpfiledumpfile created by the exp utility into an Oracle database. |
Data Pump Export (expdp) | Extracts data and metadata into an operating system file using the Data Pump technology (new in Oracle Database 10g). |
Data Pump Import (impdp) | Loads objects and data from a dumpfile created by the expdp utility into an Oracle database using the Data Pump technology (new in Oracle Database 10g). |
SQL*Loader (sqlldr) | Loads data from a text file into a table. |
Application development utilities | |
Load Java (loadjava) | Creates schema objects from file types such as .java, .class, .sqlj, and so on. |
Drop Java (dropjava) | Drops Java schema objects from the database. |
SQL*Plus (sqlplus) | Connects to an Oracle database and executes SQL statements. |
PL/SQL Wrapper (wrap) | Hides the source code for PL/SQL stored procedures and packages. |
Networking utilities | |
Listener Control (lsnrctl) | Manages the Oracle listener process. |
TNS Ping (tnsping) | Determines whether an Oracle Net service can be successfully reached. |
Trace Route (trcroute) | Discovers the path or route a connection is taking from a client to a server. |
Database administration ... |
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