The following topics provide information necessary to successfully using external tables:
Describes basic concepts about external tables.
The ORACLE_LOADER Access Driver
Describes the ORACLE_LOADER access driver.
The ORACLE_DATAPUMP Access Driver
Describes the ORACLE_DATAPUMP access driver, including its parameters, and information about loading and unloading supported data types.
ORACLE_HDFS and ORACLE_HIVE Access Drivers
Describes the ORACLE_HDFS and ORACLE_HIVE access drivers.
Provides examples of using external tables, including partitioned external tables.