How to back up a table in Oracle?

You can use Oracle’s Data Pump tool to back up a table.

Here are the steps to back up a table:

  1. Open the command line interface or SQL*Plus.
  2. Log in to the Oracle database using sysdba privileges.
  3. Run the following command to create a directory object that will be used to store backup files.
  4. Make a directory called backup_dir in the ‘/path/to/backup/directory’ location.
  5. Be sure to replace /path/to/backup/directory with the directory path where you want to store the backup files.
  6. Execute the following command to establish a database connection for exporting table data and structure.
  7. Establish a connection to a remote database using the specified username, password, and connection string.
  8. Please make sure to replace , , and with the correct connection information.
  9. Use the following command to export table data and structure using the Data Pump tool.
  10. Export data from a table named in a remote database using the “expdp” command with the given username and password, saving the backup file in a specific directory as “table_backup.dmp”.
  11. Please make sure to replace , , and with the correct login information and table name.
  12. Additional parameters can be added as needed, such as INCLUDE to specify other objects in the export table.
  13. The data pump tool will start exporting the data and structure of the tables, saving the backup files in the previously created directory.
  14. After the backup is completed, you can use the impdp command of the Data Pump tool to restore the backed up table data and structure.
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