Data Pump Import

Data import performance is where Data Pump really stands out, however. To import the data exported earlier, we will use

impdp bob/abc123 directory=dpdata1 dumpfile=expCASES.dmp job_name=cases_import

The default behavior of the import process is to create the table and all associated objects, and to produce an error when the table exists. Should you want to append the data to the existing table, you could use TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION=APPEND in the above command line.

As with Data Pump Export, pressing Control-C on the process brings up the interactive mode of Date Pump Import (DPI); again, the prompt is Import>.