Re: Bug 3798351 Importing a pre-existing table may DROP the table on an error

  • From: Nilo Segura <nilosegura@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Oracle Mailinglist <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:43:05 +0200

An "old" bug....

Bug 3798351  Importing a pre-existing table may DROP the table on an error

 This note gives a brief overview of bug 3798351.
 The content was last updated on: 09-MAR-2005
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Affects:

Product (Component)      Oracle Server (Rdbms)
Range of versions believed to be affected        Versions < 10.1.0.2
Versions confirmed as being affected    
9.2.0.5
9.2.0.6
Platforms affected       Generic (all / most platforms affected)
Fixed:

This issue is fixed in  
9.2.0.7 (Server Patch Set)
Symptoms:

Related To:

Corruption (Logical)
Export/Import
Description

If a table is created with the MONITORING clause and exported and
upon import (with ignore=y) an error occurs  (egL: buffer too small)
then the pre-existing table may actually get DROPPED by import.

Workaround:
  Always use large buffer size for imports.
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