How to dump Oracle Data/How to export data in oracle Please follow the below steps to dump oracle data into some persistent storage like .txt file or .dmp file ... Note: Lets assume we want to dump oracle database where username is myusername; password:mypassword and SID/HostString is XYZ Step1:Open command prompt and type exp Step2: U will get a prompt like Username: enter myusername/mypassword@XYZ and Press Enter Step3:Enter array fetch buffer size: 4096 >Press Enter Step4:Export file: EXPDAT.DMP >c:/mydata.dmp and Press Enter Step5:(1)E(ntire database), (2)U(sers), or (3)T(ables): (2)U >U and Press Enter Step6: Export grants (yes/no): yes >Press Enter Step7: Export table data (yes/no): yes >Press Enter Step8: Compress extents (yes/no): yes >Press Enter You will get a message like.. Export done in WE8MSWIN1252 character set and AL16UTF16 NCHAR character set About to export specified users ... Step9:User to be exported: (RETURN to quit) >myusername and Press Enter Step10:User to be exported: (RETURN to quit) >Press Enter Onsuccessful export, you will get like below: . exporting pre-schema procedural objects and actions . exporting foreign function library names for user LOGIN . exporting PUBLIC type synonyms . exporting private type synonyms . exporting object type definitions for user LOGIN About to export LOGIN's objects ... . exporting database links . exporting sequence numbers . exporting cluster definitions . about to export LOGIN's tables via Conventional Path ... . . exporting table LOGINTABLE 8 rows exported . . exporting table TEMP 6 rows exported . exporting synonyms . exporting views . exporting stored procedures . exporting operators . exporting referential integrity constraints . exporting triggers . exporting indextypes . exporting bitmap, functional and extensible indexes . exporting posttables actions . exporting materialized views . exporting snapshot logs . exporting job queues . exporting refresh groups and children . exporting dimensions . exporting post-schema procedural objects and actions . exporting statistics Export terminated successfully without warnings. Step11:type exit and enter