Copy command in SQL

What is the Copy Command in SQL ?

COPY Command is used to COPY database table from one Schema to another Schema.

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Copy command for SQL*Plus

Am trying to use the copy command in SQL*Plus to copy a table
from an Oracle database to a local table on my machine in
another format. Keep getting errors. It seems to contact the
remote machine fine, but can't locate my local machine or figure
out where to put it. Any suggestions on how to set up my
Windows 95 machine to get the copy command working would be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi,
Here is an example :
SQL> copy from scott/tiger@q4_production_server create ord -
using select * from ord;Array fetch/bind size is 15. (arraysize is 15)
Will commit when done. (copycommit is 0)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
Table ORD created.
21 rows selected from scott@q4_production_server.
21 rows inserted into ORD.
21 rows committed into ORD at DEFAULT HOST connection.
Hope this helps,
Bala
Laura Michaels (guest) wrote:
: Am trying to use the copy command in SQL*Plus to copy a table
: from an Oracle database to a local table on my machine in
: another format. Keep getting errors. It seems to contact the
: remote machine fine, but can't locate my local machine or
figure
: out where to put it. Any suggestions on how to set up my
: Windows 95 machine to get the copy command working would be
: greatly appreciated. Thank you.
null

COPY command in SQL*Plus 8.1.6 returns ORA-65535

The COPY command in the windows version of SqlPlus (SQLPLUSW) does not work any more. I get the following error
<< Array fetch/bind size is 5. (arraysize is 5)
Will commit after every array bind. (copycommit is 1)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
ERROR:
ORA-65535: Message 65535 not found; product=RDBMS; facility=ORA >>
Interestingly, I can run the same COPY command successfully if I use SQLPLUS.exe ( the command line version ). No error & it completes the copy.
I recently changed my Oracle client from 7.3 to v8.1.6.
I had not encountered this problem with the same command in v7.3.

You may have run into bug 1504702. As a workaround you will need to use command line, as you've already figured out. I don't think a patch is available for Windows yet, although there is for Solaris (in the 8.1.7.4 patch set).
Alison

CONNECT and ALTER statements in a Procedure. COPY command in SQL*Plus

Hi people,
Is it possible to use the SQL commands, "CONNECT" and "ALTER TABLE" in a procedure, function or trigger?
In one of my audit procedures, I need to connect to a financial database (FROM the applications database), and then proceed to alter a number of tables based on certain data. I'm sure I've done it before, but I can't remember how! Isn't there a command such as "EXEC_SQL" or something?
Another question:
I need to copy a table from one database ("OPS$TSLIVE") to another ("TRACKER"). Here is an excerpt of my code, as well as an error! I've never had this error before!
JOHANN> copy from ops$tslive/pwd@cds to tracker/pwd@tracker create new_alerts using select * from alertcodesfile;
Array fetch/bind size is 15. (arraysize is 15)
Will commit when done. (copycommit is 0)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
select * from alertcodesfile
Error in SELECT statement: ORA--1002: Message -1002 not found; product=RDBMS; facility=ORA
Please help!
Kind regards,
Johann.

You are refering to 'execute immediate' (>=8i). As far as I know it is not possible to do connects. Alter table perhaps, if it is in the local database (try it). If you want to perform dml in a remote database, create a database link and use that to perform you dml on. a DB link can also be used to call a remote procedure (That perhaps does the alters for you). Try it.
The oracle doc says this about ORA-1002:
ORA-01002 fetch out of sequence
Cause: In a host language program, a FETCH call was issued out of sequence.
A successful parse-and-execute call must be issued before a fetch. This can
occur if an attempt was made to FETCH from an active set after all records have
been fetched. This may be caused by fetching from a SELECT FOR UPDATE
cursor after a commit. A PL/SQL cursor loop implicitly does fetches and may
also cause this error.
Action: Parse and execute a SQL statement before attempting to fetch the data.It looks like a bug, ask Oracle support.
L.

SQL PLUS Copy Command

I'm having problems with the copy command in sql plus
Here's my command
COPY FROM tib_oms/tib_oms@odb1 -
TO gbonk/gbonk@stage -
INSERT -
gbonk.products ( id_manufacturer, id_sku, category ) -
USING -
select id_mfr, sku, prodcat from tib_oms.pricinghistory
The error I receive is...
CPY0007: Select list has fewer columns than destination table
I'm selecting 3 columns and I'm specifing 3 columns so I don't get what's up.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Greg Bonk ([email protected]):
Well i gave it a shot. Here's my modified copy command....
copy from tib_oms/tib_oms@odb1 -
TO gbonk/gbonk@stage -
insert -
gbonk.products ( "ID_MANUFACTURER", "ID_SKU", "CATEGORY" ) -
using -
select "ID_MFR", "SKU", "PRODCAT" from tib_oms.pricinghistory;
But I still recieve the same error. Is there anything else that I could trouble shoot?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
did u check if the destination & target columns have the same structure. maybe one of the is a composite datatype (i.e varray,nested tables etc) ?
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SQL*Plus COPY command does not work

SQL*Plus COPY command does not work in SQL Developer. I am using SQL Developer 1.5.1 on Windows XP.
copy from <source_db_connection> to <target_db_connection> create <target_tab_name> using select * from <source_tab_name>
Does it work on different versions of SQL Developer ?
Anyone had any success in trying COPY command in SQL Developer?
Thanks in advance.

While it hasn't been updated for v1.5, this page lists the supported SQL*Plus commands. COPY is explicitly listed as not supported.
theFurryOne

Copy Command across dblink

Hi, i am wanting to copy a few columns from a table in db1 into a new table in db2. I can get this to work using the copy command in sql, but would like to recreate this in pl/sql.
can the execute immediate create over the dblink?

it all depends on the amount of data you're trying move across two differen servers.
when you say data, what's it? is it a table or schema?
COPY - works fine.But, the data being transferred over network. If you have very good band width, you will be fine.
SQLLDR - To do this, You have to unload the first and load it into different servers.
You can even try export(exp) and Import(imp) or datapump export(expdp) and datapump import(impdp)

Auto copy command for terminal?

I want to make Safri history folder auto copy to the other folder as it gets new history. So I can monitor activities.

Hi,
Here is an example :
SQL> copy from scott/tiger@q4_production_server create ord -
using select * from ord;Array fetch/bind size is 15. (arraysize is 15)
Will commit when done. (copycommit is 0)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
Table ORD created.
21 rows selected from scott@q4_production_server.
21 rows inserted into ORD.
21 rows committed into ORD at DEFAULT HOST connection.
Hope this helps,
Bala
Laura Michaels (guest) wrote:
: Am trying to use the copy command in SQL*Plus to copy a table
: from an Oracle database to a local table on my machine in
: another format. Keep getting errors. It seems to contact the
: remote machine fine, but can't locate my local machine or
figure
: out where to put it. Any suggestions on how to set up my
: Windows 95 machine to get the copy command working would be
: greatly appreciated. Thank you.
null

Copy Command in Pl/Sql block

Can I use Copy command in Pl/Sql.For example :-
Declare
cursor c1 is select table_name from all_tables
where owner = 'LSP' and rownum = 1;
v1 varchar2(2000);
Begin
for c2 in c1 loop
v1:='copy from lsp/lsp123479@dvlaq to scott/[email protected] create '|| c2.table_name ||' using select * from '||c2.table_name;
execute immediate v1;
end loop;
end;
Its not running properly giving an error as invalid Sql statement .
Is it bcoz Copy command cannot be used in a Pl/Sql Block.

Is there any other way to move the Table & data to another Data Base .Database link is the obvious one. And the SQL statement would look something like this (on the target database):
SQL> create table FOO nologging as select * from FOO@sourcedb;
However, the first question I always ask if why? What one may think is the solution to a problem is not always the best solution. So one need to identify the problem first, and then see what solutions there are and which one is the best fit.
Other options are replication (using materialised views for example), Data Pump (available with 10G) - even could be Data Guard, a standby database, or a Real Application Cluster... depending on just what the problem and actual requirements are.
Also important to note that SQL*Plus has its own set of commands. Do not confuse these commands (like EXEC, COPY, CONNECT, HOST etc) with the SQL and PL/SQL Languages. Not only are they executed by different software products, SQL*Plus commands are executed on the client and SQL (and PL/SQL) runs inside the Oracle database instance.

SQL*Plus 'Copy' command and LONG datatypes

Hi. I'm using Oracle 9.2.0.5 and wanna copy LONG to LONG without using an Interface in VB or any other programming language.
Some of the fields (plain text) are greater than 32 Kb, and I tried the SQL*Plus 'Copy' command, without success.
(For compatibility reasons I can't convert LONG to CLOB, I need to copy LONG to LONG)
This is the example I'm working with:
Table Source_LONG (ID number, DATA long)
Table Destination_LONG (ID number, DATA long)
The SQL*Plus command: (connected from test_database@environment)
set long 100000
copy from test_database/test_database@environment insert destination_long (id,data)
I tried using both FROM and TO, but same results.
The fields are copied into destination_long, but they are
truncated at 32768 bytes, even with the LONG variable set to 100000. Any ideas ?
Thanks.

I'm working with 2 similar tables with this structure:
SOURCE_LONG (ID number, DATA long)
DESTINATION_LONG (ID number, DATA long)
SOURCE_LONG contains two rows:
ID DATA
1 hello
3 ....text bigger than 32kb...
I tried your solution and it insert 2 rows, but only the ID is filled. The DATA is empty in both cases :-(
insert into destination_long(id,data) (select id,to_lob(data) from source_long);

GPF in SQL*PLUS Copy Command?

Hello,
I'm getting a GPF and crash of SQL*Plus when I use the copy command. Seems like I used to be able to make it work if I tried logging on to the source database before the copy, but now even that won't work. I issue the command, it looks out over the modem for the remote database, then the GPF occurs.
copy from me/[email protected] to me/me@LocalDB -
insert ARRG_BNDRY_OBJECT -
using -
SELECT * FROM ARRG_BNDRY_OBJECT WHERE ARRG_BNDRY_KEY IN -
(80169);
Ideas?
Thanks,
Dale

You might also want to try the same command using SQL*Plus command line (DOS version). If you haven't used it before, enter SQLPLUS at the command prompt, eg:
c:\sqlplus
Alison

COPY command not working SQL Commands editor

Hi All,
I want to have a simple 'one-button-solution' for copying few tables from an external DB into the database where my Apex application is running.
When I issue the following from the sqlplus command line I get the following output:
SQL> COPY FROM schema/password@tnsnames_sid TO schema/password@tnsnames_sid REPLACE TABLE_TEST USING select * from TABLE_FOREIGN;
Array fetch/bind size is 15. (arraysize is 15)
Will commit when done. (copycommit is 0)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)
Table TABLE_TEST dropped.
Table TABLE_TEST created.
2 rows selected from schema@tnsnames_sid.
2 rows inserted into TABLE_TEST.
2 rows committed into TABLE_TEST at schema@tnsnames_sid.
SQL>
However, if I try exactly the same command from within the Apex 'SQL Commands' editor, I get the following error message:
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
NOTE that the reason I use COPY command is to overcome problems with LONG datatype which arise when doing simply CREATE TABLE AS.... with dblink.
In anycase, how can I make this work from within the 'SQL Commands' editor (and therefore in a button process).
Regards,
Pawel.

Hi Harman,
yes, this is a known issue.
It's fixed with NW04 SPS 13.
Regards Matthias Röbig-Landau

ORA-01401 on execution SQL*Plus Copy command

I looking solution for strange problem :
I having two database created with AL32UTF8 character-set ; current application design are that we loading data throw SQL Loader and than transferring loaded data from one database to another using SQL*Plus copy command.
Now , we having two tables , declared 100% identically , with respect to NLS and CHAR semantics (all varchar fields having CHAR inside length).
At attempt to transfer data , with SQL*Plus Copy command I'm receiving next output :
ERROR:
ORA-01401: inserted value too large for column
If I'm trying to transfer data via DB link , and this succeeds , or throw exp/imp utilities it also works .
Database servers are 9.2 (i tryied with 9.2.0.6 or 9.2.0.8) ; client side were 9.2.0.8 , 10.1.0.5 ...
On client side NLS_LANG variable are set to AMERICAN_AMERICA.AR8MSWIN1256 (we working on project who needs to support arabic language)
Did anyone encountered same problem ? Any One ?

it could be that the column of the table that you are trying to insert the data has a small length.

SQL COPY command Weird outcome!!

Hi,
On Friday I have refreshed two tables from one database to another using SQL COPY command.But today I found something weird that two tables have data which were before refresh.
the command I hadused:
copy from test/xxxx@db3to test/yyyy@db1 insert master_table using select * from master_table;What could be the reason.??

COPY Command is used to COPY database table from one Schema to another Schema.

How to make ed command from sql prompt work in Solaris 10

Hi,
I recently installed Oracle 10g R1 on Solaris 10. When I tried to edit SQL statement by typine ed from SQL>, it does not give me the copy of my SQL statement for editing, instead it gives a blank space for typing. When I press return, a ? appears.
Can anyone help me to make this ed command work?
Thanks
Xiaoming

At OS level, before entering Sql*Plus, do :
$ EDITOR=vi; export EDITOR
$ sqlplus ......
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Ciao Nicolas :-)

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