Creates an Oracle Rdb database from an interchange .rbr file.
You use the IMPORT statement with the EXPORT statement to make
changes to Oracle Rdb databases that cannot be made any other
way. The EXPORT statement unloads a database to an .rbr file.
The IMPORT statement re-creates the database with changes that
may not be allowed by an ALTER DATABASE statement. The IMPORT
statement lets you:
o Convert from a single-file to a multifile database, and vice
versa.
o Change database root file parameters that you cannot change
with the ALTER DATABASE statement:
- COLLATING SEQUENCE
- SEGMENTED STRING STORAGE AREA
- PROTECTION IS ANSI/ACLS
- DEFAULT STORAGE AREA
o Change storage area parameters that you cannot change with the
ALTER DATABASE statement:
- PAGE SIZE
- PAGE FORMAT
- THRESHOLDS
- INTERVAL
- FILENAME, SNAPSHOT FILENAME
o Reload tables with existing rows to take advantage of newly
created hashed indexes.
o Reload tables to take advantage of new or changed storage
maps.
o Move a database to another directory or disk structure.
However, if moving a database is the only change you need
to make, it is more efficient to use the RMU Backup and RMU
Restore commands.
o Create an empty target database that uses the same data
definitions as a source database by copying the metadata,
but not the data, to the target.
If you use the NO DATA option, the IMPORT statement creates an
Oracle Rdb database whose metadata is identical to that found
in the source database used by the EXPORT statement, but the
duplicate database contains no data. The NO DATA option is not
compatible with the repository databases. See the description
in the Arguments section under the NO DATA option.
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