Update Oracle table through CSV via command line on Linux

Want to import CSV to update rows in Oracle table via command line on Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat/CentOS…)?

Using ora-cmd, a Command-Line client for Oracle, you can import CSV/TSV/TXT data to update existing Oracle table easily and fast.

Support Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

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No need to install Oracle client library.

Convenient to deploy to cloud. No need to run installation file, just uncompress and run, immediately.

Update Oracle table through CSV/TSV/TXT file via command line on Linux

1. In interactive mode:

ora-cmd> load loadtype=update
      > updatekey=id
      > table=media_messages 
      > datafile=/data/media_messages.csv 
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2. In batch mode:

ora-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=load loadtype=update updatekey=id table=media_messages datafile=/data/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

“loadtype=update” will update row in table by “updatekey” id, not insert.

See parameters detail.

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