How To dump data from Oracle to Vertica

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I want to transfer data from Oracle to Vertica and I want to know what is best way to do it?
I s there a tool for it?

I tried to dump the Oracle data and load it to Vertica using 'Copy Direct' command but I fount lots of problems specially in the data and timestamps columns.

Best Answer

Try to export the data into csv format, and recreate the table in Vertica using the DDL from Oracle. Check the types as they differ from Oracle to Vertica.

Example: assuming the following table structure on Oracle:

CREATE TABLE PEOPLE
(
    ID NUMBER (10),
    NAME VARCHAR2 (50),
    ADDRESS VARCHAR2 (250),
    PRIMARY KEY (ID)
)

Assuming a compatible table structure on Vertica:

CREATE TABLE PEOPLE
(
    ID BIGINT NOT NULL    /*ORACLE datatype: NUMBER(10, 0)  */,
    NAME VARCHAR(50)      /*ORACLE datatype: VARCHAR2(50)   */,
    ADDRESS VARCHAR(250)  /*ORACLE datatype: VARCHAR2(250)  */,
    PRIMARY KEY (ID)
);

Load the table content using the copy command in Vertica:

copy "table name" from 'full csv file path'
    delimiter ',' null as '' exceptions 'full error file path';

Done!

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