- I have an Oracle database backup file (.dmp) that was created with
expdp. - The .dmp file was an export of an entire database.
- I need to restore 1 of the schemas from within this dump file.
- I don’t know the names of the schemas inside this dump file.
- To use
impdpto import the data I need the name of the schema to load.
So, I need to inspect the .dmp file and list all of the schemas in it, how do I do that?
Update (2008-09-18 13:02) – More detailed information:
The impdp command i’m current using is:
impdp user/password@database directory=DPUMP_DIR dumpfile=EXPORT.DMP logfile=IMPORT.LOG And the DPUMP_DIR is correctly configured.
SQL> SELECT directory_path 2 FROM dba_directories 3 WHERE directory_name = 'DPUMP_DIR'; DIRECTORY_PATH ------------------------- D:\directory_path\dpump_dir\ And yes, the EXPORT.DMP file is in fact in that folder.
The error message I get when I run the impdp command is:
Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition ... ORA-31655: no data or metadata objects selected for the job ORA-39154: Objects from foreign schemas have been removed from import This error message is mostly expected. I need the impdp command be:
impdp user/password@database directory=DPUMP_DIR dumpfile=EXPORT.DMP SCHEMAS=SOURCE_SCHEMA REMAP_SCHEMA=SOURCE_SCHEMA:MY_SCHEMA But to do that, I need the source schema.
If you open the DMP file with an editor that can handle big files, you might be able to locate the areas where the schema names are mentioned. Just be sure not to change anything. It would be better if you opened a copy of the original dump.