SQL Question

[Chintz]

Hi Guys,

Can you tell me what is wrong with this SQL statement?

copy from scott/tiger@dev01 to user1/temp@prod1 replace casting using SELECT * FROM casting;

Chintz

[gandolf989]

Originally posted by Chintz
Hi Guys,

Can you tell me what is wrong with this SQL statement?

copy from scott/tiger@dev01 to user1/temp@prod1 replace casting using SELECT * FROM casting;

Chintz

As I have never used the command I had to look it up.

COPY
The COPY command is not being enhanced to handle datatypes or features introduced with, or after Oracle8. The COPY command is likely to be made obsolete in a future release. For COPY command details and syntax, see Appendix B, "SQL*Plus COPY Command".

[Chintz]

The syntax is not erroring out on the copy command. I am getting the following error:

Array fetch/bind size is 15. (arraysize is 15)
Will commit when done. (copycommit is 0)
Maximum long size is 80. (long is 80)

ERROR:
ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object


Chintz

[waitecj]

Maybe, just maybe there is already a table in your target schema called Casting... and i'm guessing that replace doesn't work as you think it ought to... (like in a create or replace view)...

[abhaysk]

it shud replace the contents by drop and recreate..

REPLACE

Replaces destination_table and its contents with the rows from query. If destination_table does not exist, COPY creates it. Otherwise, COPY drops the existing table and replaces it with a table containing the copied data.

Can you post result of below query

Select Object_Name, Object_Type From All_Objects Where Owner = 'USER1' And Object_Name = 'CASTING';

Abhay.