Export Oracle Table Structure: Step-by-Step Guide

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
2 minutes

You can export database table structures in Oracle database using the following methods:

  1. Exporting table structure using SQL Developer tool can be done by right-clicking on the table name, selecting the “Export” option, choosing SQL as the export format, and specifying the export path.
  2. Export table structure using PL/SQL Developer tool: In PL/SQL Developer, you can export table structure by right-clicking on the table name and selecting the “Generate DDL Script” option. Choose the export format as SQL, and then specify the export path.
  3. Using the Data Pump tool to export table structure: You can utilize Oracle’s Data Pump tool (expdp) to export table structure. Simply specify the TABLES parameter to indicate which tables to export, and then use the DIRECTORY parameter to specify the export path.
  4. To export the table structure using SQL statements, you can write SQL queries to retrieve the table creation statement and export the query results to a text file. For example, you can use the following SQL statement to query the table creation statement:
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE', 'TABLE_NAME') FROM DUAL;

Replace TABLE_NAME in the above SQL statement with the name of the table you want to export, then execute the statement to export the table’s creation statement as a text file.

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