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LOB OBJECTS APPEAR TO BE LOST AFTER THE Export/import PROCESSES (Doc ID 1595391.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 09, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 to 12.1.0.1 [Release 11.2 to 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Numerous LOB objects appear to be lost after export/import.

In our example, after the export/import process 247 LOB related objects are lost according with a select count(*) on obj object.

In source database there are 676 objects lob type

select object_type, count(*)
from obj
group by object_type
order by object_type;

OBJECT_TYPE COUNT(*)
-------------------------------
LOB                   676

The target database where the import was executed has the same version as the source database.
Here is the select on obj after the import:

SQL> select object_type, count(*)
from obj
group by object_type
order by object_type;

OBJECT_TYPE COUNT(*)
------------------- ----------
LOB                     429

During export/import process 247 LOB objects were lost, but the import did not report any kind of error.

Cause

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