DATA_OPTIONS

Default: There is no default. If this parameter is not used, then the special data handling options it provides simply do not take effect.

Purpose

The DATA_OPTIONS parameter designates how certain types of data should be handled during export operations.

Syntax and Description

DATA_OPTIONS=XML_CLOBS

The XML_CLOBS option specifies that XMLType columns are to be exported in uncompressed CLOB format regardless of the XMLType storage format that was defined for them.

Note:

XMLType stored as CLOB is deprecated as of Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1). XMLType tables and columns are now stored as binary XML.

If a table has XMLType columns stored only in CLOB format, then it is not necessary to specify the XML_CLOBS option because Data Pump automatically exports them in CLOB format.If a table has XMLType columns stored as any combination of object-relational (schema-based), binary, or CLOB formats, then Data Pump exports them in compressed format, by default. This is the preferred method. However, if you need to export the data in uncompressed CLOB format, you can use the XML_CLOBS option to override the default.

Restrictions

Using the XML_CLOBS option requires that the same XML schema be used at both export and import time.
The Export DATA_OPTIONS parameter requires the job version to be set to 11.0.0 or later. See "VERSION".

Example

This example shows an export operation in which any XMLType columns in the hr.xdb_tab1 table are exported in uncompressed CLOB format regardless of the XMLType storage format that was defined for them.

> expdp hr TABLES=hr.xdb_tab1 DIRECTORY=dpump_dir1 DUMPFILE=hr_xml.dmp
VERSION=11.2 DATA_OPTIONS=XML_CLOBS