Slight oversight in the Concepts guide regarding external tables

Taking a look at the section in the Concepts guide on external tables
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/schema.htm#sthref777
The line "External tables are read only; therefore, no DML operations are possible" is not strictly correct in 10.2, since you can insert into ORACLE_DATAPUMP external tables as the document goes on to discuss: "Oracle also provides the ORACLE_DATAPUMP type, which lets you unload data (that is, read data from a table in the database and insert it into an external table) and then reload it into an Oracle database." I assume the read only restriction is mentioned here because it was true in 9i and did not get corrected when Oracle introduced the ORACLE_DATAPUMP option in 10g.
Justin

Hello again. Development replies that the documentation is technically correct. We do not allow DML operations (insert, update, delete, merge) on external tables. For ORACLE_DATAPUMP, we do allow a "CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE ... AS SELECT ..." operation, but, this is DDL, not DML. This operation just populates the external table with data initially. No DML operations are allowed to modify the data, and indexes cannot be created on an external table.
If you agree that this is the case, then I'll get the documentation clarified along these lines. If you have experience (test cases) that contradict this, please let me know, and I'll follow up further.
Regards,
Diana

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