Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference

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.
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