Using SQLLDR, EXPORT and IMPORT from a client machine
Is it possible to use SQLLDR from a client machine? Is it also possible to use the EXPORT and IMPORT utilities...
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from a client machine? I want to give these utilities to one of my developers without allowing him to sit in front of my Oracle server.
Yes, it is possible to use these utilities on a client machine. In fact, the Oracle Client installation installs these utilities. Anyone with Oracle Client installed can use these utilities to do the same tasks on the server. When you specify the userid/password, you'll also has to specify the TNS alias (userid/[email protected]) so that the utility knows which database do connect to.
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