Including in expdp oracle 11g r2

Question

hi gurus,
schema level backup including some objects in oracle 11g r2
]$expdp scott/tiger dumpfile=schema.dmp logfile=schema.log schemas=scott directory=dpdump include=table:"in ('EMP', 'DEPT')"
it is saying badly include parameter mentioned. is there any thing wrong in this query.
thank you!

Answer 1

When you use either single quotes ' or double quotes ", you sometimes have to escape them. Depending on the operating system. When I use them, I either have to fight with the escaping, or I put them in a parameter file. If you were to create a file
expdp_params.par
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nclude=table:"in ('EMP', 'DEPT')"
and then use:
]$expdp scott/tiger dumpfile=schema.dmp logfile=schema.log schemas=scott directory=dpdump parfile=expdp_params.par
It should work fine.
As for what this query will do... It should be the same as saying:
]$expdp scott/tiger dumpfile=schema.dmp logfile=schema.log directory=dpdump TABLES=SCOTT.EMP,SCOTT.DEPT
When you specify include=table then the only objects that get exported are table types of objects. (tables, grants, indexes, etc.) That is the same set of objects that get exported when you say tables=tabnames.
Dean