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ORA-31693 ORA-29913 ORA-29400 ORA-39786 Mismatch in Number of Columns After Export and Before Import (Doc ID 435193.1)

Last updated on MARCH 11, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.5 [Release 10.2]
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When importing data using DataPump (impdp) into a table which was modified by adding a column the following errors are generated:

ORA-31693: Table data object "<>"."<>" failed to load/unload and is being skipped due to error:
ORA-29913: error in executing ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN callout
ORA-29400: data cartridge error
ORA-39786: Number of columns does not match between export and import databases

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Cause

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