There is a new expdp command-line option for Oracle Data Pump Export that allows the user to indicate that a view should be exported as a table. This means that, instead of exporting the view definition, Oracle Data Pump exports a table definition and then unloads all data from the view. At import time, Oracle Data Pump creates a table using the table definition in the dump file and then inserts the data unloaded from the view into the table. The PL/SQL DBMS_DATAPUMP package has a similar option.
This feature allows greater flexibility in what a DBA can export. A view gives the DBA greater capability than the current WHERE parameter to specify a subset of the database to be unloaded. In a network mode import, exporting the contents of a view can achieve much better performance than using the impdp QUERY option.
This feature allows greater flexibility in what a DBA can export. A view gives the DBA greater capability than the current WHERE parameter to specify a subset of the database to be unloaded. In a network mode import, exporting the contents of a view can achieve much better performance than using the impdp QUERY option.
