Specifies whether the RDB file created by the IMPORT statement includes the data and metadata contained in the database, or the metadata only. DATA is the default. When you specify the NODATA option, you import the metadata that defines a database from an RBR file and exclude the data. The NODATA option is not compatible with data dictionary databases (CDD$DATABASE.RDB). An RBR file, created by an EXPORT statement with the DATA option (the default) and generated from a CDD$DATABASE.RDB file, cannot be used with the NODATA option to the IMPORT statement. RDO will issue an error message stating that the NODATA option is not valid for data dictionary databases.