Category Archives: EXP Database Error Messages

EXP-00009: no privilege to export string’s table string

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EXP-00009: no privilege to export string’s table string
Cause: An attempt was made to export another user’s table. Only a database administrator can export another user’s tables.
Action: Ask your database administrator to do the export.

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EXP-00008: ORACLE error number encountered

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EXP-00008: ORACLE error number encountered
Cause: Export encountered the referenced Oracle error.
Action: Look up the Oracle message in the ORA message chapters of this manual and take appropriate action.

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EXP-00007: dictionary shows no columns for string.string

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EXP-00007: dictionary shows no columns for string.string
Cause: Export failed to gather column information from the data dictionary. The table may have been dropped.
Action: Retry the export and, if this error recurs, report it as an Export internal error to customer support.

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EXP-00006: internal inconsistency error

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EXP-00006: internal inconsistency error
Cause: Export’s data structure was corrupted.
Action: Record the accompanying messages and report this as an Export internal error to customer support.

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EXP-00005: all allowable logon attempts failed

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EXP-00005: all allowable logon attempts failed
Cause: Attempts were repeatedly made to log on with an invalid username or password.
Action: Shut down the utility, then restart and retry with a valid username and password.

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EXP-00004: invalid username or password

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EXP-00004: invalid username or password
Cause: An invalid username or password was specified.
Action: Retry with a valid username and password.

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EXP-00003: no storage definition found for segment(number, number)

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EXP-00003: no storage definition found for segment(number, number)
Cause: Export could not find the storage definitions for a cluster, index, or table.
Action: Record the accompanying messages and report this as an Export internal error to customer support.

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EXP-00002: error in writing to export file

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EXP-00002: error in writing to export file
Cause: Export could not write to the export file, probably because of a device error. This message is usually followed by a device message from the operating system.
Action: Take appropriate action to restore the device.

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EXP-00001: data field truncation – column length=number, buffer size=number actual size=number

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EXP-00001: data field truncation – column length=number, buffer size=number actual size=number
Cause: Export could not fit a column in the data buffer.
Action: Record the given size parameters and the accompanying messages and report this as an Export internal error to customer support. (Part of the table has been exported. Export will continue with the next table.)

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EXP-00000: Export terminated unsuccessfully

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EXP-00000: Export terminated unsuccessfully
Cause: Export encountered an Oracle error.
Action: Look up the accompanying Oracle message in the ORA message chapters of this manual, and take appropriate action.

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