How to open .dmp oracle backup file

Pushpendra Kuntal picture Pushpendra Kuntal · Oct 17, 2014 · Viewed 12.9k times · Source

I have a backup.dmp file, which is backup file of my database built in oracle. please suggest me how can I see tables, schema etc stored in that backup.dmp ? should I install some software to open this backup.dmp file. Thank you in advance.

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eliatou picture eliatou · Oct 17, 2014

.dmp files have been generated by oracle tools (data pump or maybe export). To exploit this files, you need to install Oracle (try for exemple oracle 10g express) and then use the import(imp) or data pump (impdb)