Ramesh, The following worked on Win2000, exp version 8.1.7
exp userid=user/pw@sid file=exp.dmp tables=(wtw_states) query='where state_abbr = ''NY'' ' Export: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Tue Jan 8 09:33:23 2002 (c) Copyright 2000 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production Export done in WE8ISO8859P1 character set and WE8ISO8859P1 NCHAR character set About to export specified tables via Conventional Path ... . . exporting table WTW_STATES 1 rows exported Export terminated successfully without warnings. Note the extra single quotes within the query clause. Hope this helps! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi list I want to export few tables with a common column in all. My OS is WinNT and db version is Oracle 8.1.6 I am using the folling command exp username/password@nts7 tables=(linemto,specs,specmast,password) file=c:\MTO.DMP QUERY="where PROJ_CODE='CF-804'" It gives me the following error: EXP-00019: failed to process parameters, type 'EXP HELP=Y' for help EXP-00000: Export terminated unsuccessfully Where I am missing? Can someone correct me. Regards, Ramesh D Papnoi Oracle DBA @ Chemtex Global Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India (BrainBench & Brainbuzz Certified Oracle 8/8i DBA & Developer) http://www22.Brinkster.com/rpapnoi -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).