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Expdp Fails With ORA-31637 ORA-00942 (Doc ID 438236.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 10-May-2013***

Symptoms

Expdp fails for below user and for all other normal users. Only a user having DBA privilege can successfully run expdp.

 
Steps to reproduce, e.g.
expdp user/password directory=EMS_EXPDIR dumpfile=temp.dmp tables=t1

Note: All users can run exp but not expdp.

Cause

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