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Import Fails With Errors IMP-20 Long Column Too Large For Column Buffer Size (22) IMP-9 IMP-18 (Doc ID 341784.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.5 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
HP OpenVMS Alpha

Symptoms

An import with the following command fails with IMP-19 IMP-20 IMP-18:


The import with SHOW=Y into the source database will be successful. The import will abort with IMP-9 using parameters SHOW=Y and INDEXFILE after being run through the zip utility.

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Cause

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