Oracle-L: Re: Re[2]: Re[2]: RMAN: I don't trust it

From: Lyndon Tiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:34:14 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00549BD0.20030211103414@fatcity.com>

Quoting dgoulet_at_vicr.com:

> Lyndon,
>
> True, an export file is peculiar to Oracle. The difference
> between a
> commercial database and an open source one. IBM and MicroSludge do
> the same.
> The functional purpose though is the same.

Question:

Why a binary file? More efficient? I find the plain text output more useful and easy to store. Recovery is easier as well, just cut and past the relevant lines of script and run it.

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