Tools - Export DDL (and data) mishandles timestamps

I used SQLDeveloper to try to do a quick export of some test data. Here is a sample of part of an insert statement created by the export data option:
to_timestamp('2005-12-31 00:00:00.0','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SS.FF AM')
This clearly will not work as the timestamp was retrieved in a format different than the format used in the to_timestamp() function. I tried to fix it, but I found than the utility switched from format to format. Some insert statements were consistent, some formatted the actual data differently, others used different format strings. It looked like I went to each developer and told them to write some code to create insert statements for their tables. Each one came back using a different format. Some were able to code valid SQL statements while others weren't able to create valid SQL. Unfortunately this was all done by one click. I cannot fathom how you all created such a mess because not only is it wrong (sometimes) but it is inconsistent. Actually I would guess someone created a hash table of available formats and randomly picked from the hash table.

There is actually no error we are using dbms_metadata to see if there are contraints or ref_contraints on the table and this is the way it tells us there are not. We should be capturing this message better and not sending it to the user and I will fix that in the next release.
However, this error should not be affecting your export if it is or you see missing information from the generated export file please reply.

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BUG: Export DDL and Data fails for mixed case table/column names

Hi there,
I have found a bug in SQL Developer. See details below.
Description:
When "Export DDL and Data) function is used on a table/columns not named in UPPERCASE, sql generated by SQL Developer is invalid.
Steps to reproduce:
- open SQL Developer, connect to DB
- make a table named "lowerCase" (in double quotes, so it won't be automatically changed to capital letters)
- you may also add some columns, for example "lowerCol1", "UpCol2", ALLUPCOL3
- add some data rows to the table
- choose Tools -> Export DDL and Data
- check exporting of tables and data, on "filter" tabs choose your "lowerCase" table
- press "Apply"
Error:
Generated SQL contains invalid INSERTs: mixed-case table and columns are referenced without obligatory double quotes, which yields an error when generated script is executed (see below, relevant line is underlined)
-- DDL for Table lowerCase
CREATE TABLE "DBO_HT"."lowerCase"
(     "lowerCol1" VARCHAR2(100),
     "UpCol2" VARCHAR2(100),
     "ALLUPCOL3" VARCHAR2(100)
-- DATA FOR TABLE lowerCase
-- FILTER = none used
-- INSERTING into lowerCase
Insert into lowerCase (lowerCol1,UpCol2,ALLUPCOL3) values ('lc','uc','auc');
-- END DATA FOR TABLE lowerCase
Remarks
SQL Developer: version 1.2.1, build MAIN-32.13
Oracle DBs: 9.2 & Express
OS: Windows 2000 Professional
If you need any more details/testing, let me know. I'd really appreciate a quick patch for this issue...
Alternatively, do you know of any other simple way of copying a single database (it's called a schema in Oracle, right?) from one computer to another? Possibly something so simple like detaching->copying->reattaching mdf (data) files in SQL Server... I thought that this "Export DDL&Data" function will do, but as you can see I couldn't use it.
I just need a simple solution that works - one operation on source to stuff, get the resulting files to other computer and one operation to have it running there... I think that such scenario is very basic, yet I just can't achieve it and I am simply not allowed to spend more time on it (read: our test project fails, my company rejects my "lobbying" and stays with MSSQL :/ )
Thanks a lot & bye

Thanks for your reply.
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You're right. I just wanted to give some very short feedback on my experiences with SQL Developer, so I didn't think starting new threads would be necessary, but as I was writing it became much bigger than I initially planned - sorry about that. I will make proper threads as soon as possible. Having "Edit post" button on this forum would also be useful.
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Generally, you're right - in most cases it's true that "switching DBMS is a major commitment" and "you will produce terrible code" if you don't learn the new one.
However, I think that you miss one part of market here - the market that I think Express is also targeted on. I'd call it a "fire&forget databases" market; MySQL comes to mind as possibly most common solution here. It's the rather small systems, possibly web-accessed, whose data-throughput requirements are rather modest; the point is to store data at all, and not necesarily in fastest way, because given the amount of data that is used, even on low-end hardware it will work well enough. What's important here is its general ease of use - how easy is to set up such system, connect and access data, develop a software using it, how much maintenance is needed, how easy this maintenance is, how easy are the most common development tasks as creating a DB, moving a DB from test to production server etc. There, "how easy" directly translates to "how much time we need to set it up", which translates to "how much will the development will cost".
Considering the current technology, switching the DBMS in such systems is not necesarily a major commitment and believe me that you will not produce terrible code. In many cases it's as simple as changing a switch in your ORM toolkit: hibernate.dialect = Hibernate.Dialect.OracleDialect vs MySQLDialect vs MsSql2005Dialect
Therefore, in some part of market it's easy to switch DBMS, even on project-by-project basis. The reason to switch will appear when other DBMS makes life easier => development faster. From that point of view, I can understand my colleagues giving me an embarassing look and saying "come on, I won't read all these docs just to have db copied to test server". And it doesn't mean "they are not willing to learn anything new", it's just that they feel such basic task should have self-explaining solution that doesn't require mastering any special knowledge. And if they get such simple solutions somewhere else, it costs them nothing to change the hibernate dialect.
I think Oracle did the great job with introducing the Express to this "fire&forget" market. The installation is a snap, it just works out of the box, nothing serious to configure, opposite to what I remember from installing and working on Oracle 9 a few years ago. In some places it's still "you need to start SQL*Plus and enter this script", but it's definitely less than before. I also find the SQL Developer a great tool, it can do most of what we need to do with the DB, it's also much better and pleasant to use over Oracle 9 tools. Still, a few basic things still require too much hassle, and I'd say taking your schema to another machine is one of them. So I think that, if you do it well, the "schema copy wizard" you mentioned might be very helpful. If I was to give any general advice for Express line of DB/tools, I'd say "make things simple" - make it "a DB you can't see".
That's, IMHO, the way to attract more Express users.

SQL Dev 1.5.4+: Scripting DDL and data dumps?

In SQL Dev 1.5.4, can I script a DDL and data dump? If not, what about 2.0? If not 2.0, has anyone requested this functionality so I can vote for it? I find it frustrating that, while doing a Database Export, I can't even pre-declare (e.g. save) the set of objects I want to dump; sometimes, you want to selectively dump, and it's a pain to hunt and peck and select just those you want to dump. Easy if you want to dump everything but 2-3 objects in a large schema. Not so easy if you only need, say, 20 out of 100 objects to be dumped (e.g. for domain or configuration tables--some subset of the whole schema).
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Exporting Application w/ DDL and data

I can export an Application.
I can export the DDL for that application.
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Anyone know why ?
Thanks in advance,
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Edited by: Anon on Aug 2, 2010 11:20 AM
Edited by: Anon on Aug 2, 2010 11:27 AM

Supporting Objects allow you to add ddl and dml to your application so that you can export as one file and then import and install in one step. To get your data, I would suggest using SQL Developer and extracting your data as insert statements. That can then be loaded into your supporting objects (after your ddl).
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Hi everybody,
I'm new in SQL Developer and I would like to know if I could use it to export some tables (and the data in them) and import these on another machine (with Windows OS) that has the same versions of Oracle Database (10 G R2) and SQL Developer(last I have found on the Oracle download page).
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How much to the data, I do not know if a skill exists to export all the data of several (or all) of an only time, without having that to make one to one.

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SQL Developer 3.2 - Export DDL challenge

Hi,
I would like to Export DDL for approximately 300 of 1000 objects in a schema. I have the names of all required tables for which I'd like to get the DDL in a table in my personal schema. Is there a way that I can use this table as a driver for the built-in Export DDL utility or will I need to either go to the schema browser and hand-pick each of the 300 tables and/or from the Tools-Export DDL "Specify Objects" window?
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1008686 wrote:
Hi,
I would like to Export DDL for approximately 300 of 1000 objects in a schema. I have the names of all required tables for which I'd like to get the DDL in a table in my personal schema. Is there a way that I can use this table as a driver for the built-in Export DDL utility or will I need to either go to the schema browser and hand-pick each of the 300 tables and/or from the Tools-Export DDL "Specify Objects" window?
I would like to make this more automated so that I dont have to keep clicking, scrolling, clicking my way through the list of required objects. Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks.
There is no way to use sql developer to do that.
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1. do it manually as you suggest
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3. use expdp to extract the metadata and create a DDL file.
The full DDL for a table will include a lot of components that many people don't even want, for example storage clauses.
The bigger issue you should address is why you don't already have the DDL to begin with. Best practices are to create the DDL and keep it in a version control system; not extract it after the fact.
I suggest you use the EXPDP utility to extract the DDL into a file so that you have it for future use.
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Version               1.0.0.11.84
Build Main          11.84
JAVA               1.5.0_05
Oracle IDE          1.0.0
Oracle SQL Developer     10.1.3.1215
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Raptor Help          10.1.3.02.60
SQL Formatter          10.1.3
DB Version          9.2.0.6.0
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Export and import of data not table and data ????

hii brothers and sister
plz i have a a quetion about Export and import of data in oracle forms
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this code is correct he expot not only the data but also the creation of the table ....for exemple i do export and evry thing is good until now and i find the .dmp in the folder backup .. but when i deleted all data from my app and try to import this .dmp iit show me error it tell me thet the table phone is already created ....
so plz help wanna just export the data of phone not the creation of table and data ???? or how can i import just the data from this .dmp ??

Pl post OS and database versions.
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