Copy data from Berkeley DB to Oracle tables

Hello
I need to get data from Berkeley DB to Oracle tables.
Any help/tools to this?
Thanks for your help in advance.
So far
1. I asked developers to dump BDB in flat file.
2. Created external tables & loaded into permanent table using CTAS.
Cheers

Hi Shekhar,
External tables managed by the Oracle DB Server are a way to go.
However, I would suggest using any of the Berkeley DB Core APIs (C, C++, Java) along with its appropriate correspondent on the Oracle DB side, that is, OCI (Oracle Call Interface, C API), OCCI (Oracle C++ Call Interface) and, respectively, JDBC or SQLJ. You may also use the Oracle DB Precompilers, Pro*C/C++ along with the correspondent Berkeley DB API, C/C++.
If you have Metalink access, you may consult the KM Note 756126.1, where I've discussed how to import Oracle DB data into Berkeley DB databases (the opposite of what you're trying to do), using OCI on the Oracle DB side and the C API on the Berkeley DB side; there is a code example in the note to explain how to perform this task.
Doing the data copying the other way around is not difficult; you'll need to iterate through the Berkeley DB database with a cursor and use appropriate OCI DML statements (INSERT INTO) to write the data to the Oracle DB table. Note that you may also use OCI to execute the DDL statements (CREATE TABLE) to create the Oracle DB table into which data will be copied, or do that separately using SQL*Plus, PL/SQL dynamic native SQL etc before copying the data.
Bellow are the links for the Berkeley DB documentation page where you'll find each of the BDB APIs and the Oracle DB Application Development documentation section where you'll find the development guides for Oracle Call Interface, JDBC and SQLJ:
[Oracle Berkeley DB|http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/index.html]
[Oracle DB Application Development|http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/portal.portal_db?selected=5]
Best regards,
Andrei

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