This example demonstrates the use of the special "oracle" format. The input data is an Oracle dump.
database /tmp/testdb
table customer
# indicate oracle format
oracle
# Name Type Tag
field CustID varchar(10) 1
field Company varchar(80) 2
field Address varchar(80) 3
field City varchar(20) 4
field State varchar(10) 5
field Zip varchar(10) 6
field Country varchar(10) 7
field Phone varchar(20) 8
Here is what you might see if you look at the top of an Oracle EXPORT file in a text viewer.
EXPORT:V07.03.03
UPR_XYZ
RTABLES
1024
0
Fri Mar 27 15:59:14 1998
TABLE "CUSTOMER"
CREATE TABLE "CUSTOMER" ("CUSTID" VARCHAR2(10), "COMPANY"
VARCHAR2(30), "ADDRESS" VARCHAR2(80), "CITY" VARCHAR2(20), "STATE"
VARCHAR2(10), "ZIP" VARCHAR2(10), "COUNTRY" VARCHAR2(10), "PHONE"
VARCHAR2(20)) INSERT INTO "TEMP" ("CUSTID", "COMPANY", "ADDRESS",
"CITY", "STATE", "ZIP", "COUNTRY", "PHONE") VALUES (:1, :2, :3, :4,
:5, :6, :7, :8)