Re: Why export has conventional path?

Alan wrote:
>
> 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

Mainly to go between heterogenous environments I would imagine.

HTH

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