Why export has conventional path?

Hello all,

    I have a simple export question.

    I know that using export by direct path mode is faster than using the conventional path. I want to ask, why export not use the direct mode as the default mode (or even delete the conventional mode)? Is there any reason why export still has the converntional mode? What is the risk of using direct mode during export?

Thanks,
Alan Received on Sat Apr 08 2000 - 00:12:21 CDT