Hi ,
destroy=y option doesn't  meet the requirement . I checked the oracle docs
and didn't find any option to overwrite data.I think  i have  to truncate
data and then insert into appropriate tables as william pointed out.
Thnaks to every one who responded.
Azhar Siddiq,



                                                                                       
                                    
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Thanks for the correction.  I'm away from the doc CD at the moment as we
are
moving offices...

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210-581-6217

> -----Original Message-----
> From:         William Beilstein [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:         Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:19 PM
> To:           Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject:           RE: Exp Imp  Overwirte posiible or not?
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> The DESTROY option on an import indicates whether the CREATE TABLESPACE
> commands only found in a full export should be executed. Setting
DESTROY=Y
> destroys the data files of the database being imported into. This is only
> used when you want to rebuild an entire database, not to overwrite data
in
> tables. If you really need the empty all the tables in a schema, disable
> the constraints on the tables, truncate them, and reenable the
> constraints. This will only work if the schema is self contained, and
it's
> tables are not used as a foreign key for a table in a different schema.
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/27/01 01:50PM >>>
> IIRC, there is a flag for import "destroy=y" to do what you want.  This
is
> very dangerous and you should research all the implications before trying
> it.  If you don't have the docs, try http://technet.oracle.com and read
up
> on the import options.
>
> Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
> 210-581-6217
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent:       Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:46 AM
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> > Subject:         Exp Imp  Overwirte posiible or not?
> >
> > Hi All,
> >  I want to import data from a user dump file but when i import data, i
> > want
> > to overwrite the existing data . Normally imp utility append data to
> > existing rows. Requirement of application is such  that we need to
> > overwrite existing data  without  dropping objects and its dependent
> > objects. Is it possible with exp , imp utilities or  i have to delete
> data
> > first and then import  using imp utility.
> > Is there any other possibility...
> > Environment Oracle8i, Windows NT4
> > TIA
> >
> > Azhar Siddiq
> >
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