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DataPump Leagacy Mode: TOUSER Creates A Schema User With An Extra Space (Doc ID 2133590.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.1 [Release 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

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When using TOUSER parameter in datapump legacy mode an unnecessary white space is appended to the schema name as shown in the example below:

> impdp super/<PASSWORD> fromuser=testuser touser=testuser directory=dpdir dumpfile=testuser.dmp

Import: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Mar 3 14:56:06 2010

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Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
Legacy Mode Active due to the following parameters:
Legacy Mode Parameter: "file=testuser.dmp" Location: Command Line, Replaced with: "dumpfile=testuser.dmp"
Legacy Mode Parameter: "fromuser=testuser" Location: Command Line, Replaced with: "remap_schema"
Legacy Mode Parameter: "log=testuser_imp.log" Location: Command Line, Replaced with: "logfile=testuser_imp.log"
Master table "SUPER"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01" successfully loaded/unloaded
Starting "SUPER"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01": SUPER/********
remap_schema=testuser:testuser directory=dpdir dumpfile=testuser.dmp logfile=testuser_imp.log
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/USER
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/SYSTEM_GRANT
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/ROLE_GRANT
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/DEFAULT_ROLE
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/PRE_SCHEMA/PROCACT_SCHEMA
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE
Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA
. . imported "testuser "."TAB1" 5.007 KB 1 rows <=== a spurious white space appended to the schemaname

Job "SUPER"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01" successfully completed at 14:56:12

Why a database user of spurious schema name is created ?

Solution

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