SQL LOADER export ? And Help

1) The SQLLoader can export table to text file?
2) have any oracle tool to export table to text file? (Table include the BLOB field this field is store the image)
Thx very much.

1) Nope.
2) SQL*Plus. Or you can try SQL Developer. Just bring up the table data in a grid, right click on it, then export it in the format of your choice.
Oops, I forgot about your BLOB column. Not sure about that one. But since you asked for a text file, you'd would just have to eliminate that column since a text file can't contain an image.
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