Re: Direct Path Export vs. Conventional Path Export

"Anurag Varma" <avdbi_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<kew5b.1607$Lu4.1457_at_news02.roc.ny>...
> "Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message news:91884734.0309031608.4c38c241_at_posting.google.com...
> --snip--
> > This is very wrong. The whole problem with bugs in exp/imp isn't that
> > you can compare data - it's that you might hit the bug in the future
> > when it is too late.
> >
> > Especially in the recent past, where merely doing a point upgrade can
> > break it, and you _have_ to do the upgrade to be supported.
> >
> > Note also one of the bugs was in buffer size...
> >
> > To the OP: if you use direct on imp, be sure you understand all
> > ramifications.
> > It can work well, but when something messes up (like someone
> > interrupting a big load), it can be all-nighter time.
> --snip--
>
> I'm ok with the first statement...
>
> but direct with imp? What is that you are talking about?
> There is no direct option in imp....

My mistake! I meant with sqlldr. Even thinking about the experience gets me goofy :-)

jg

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