Simple Export

Oracle has historically favored its command-line export utility (that is, EXP) for exporting database objects. This utility can be run on either the database server or a client machine such as your PC, and it creates a proprietary binary file that contains the selected database objects’ definitions and data. Using such command-line tools has always been troublesome, however, because you need to be familiar with so many commands. As a result, many people end up having to code the calls to EXP with their Oracle Utilities Manual in hand—and that is not nearly as productively as most of us like to work. Toad offers a wonderful GUI front end to the Oracle utility that can totally eliminate the need for the Oracle manual.

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