Re: expdp question

From: Anurag Varma <avoracle_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:00:20 -0700
Message-ID: <1187200820.456153.76790@a39g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>

On Aug 15, 12:07 pm, Brian Peasland <d..._at_nospam.peasland.net> wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
> > We're finally getting around to installing 10g and I had a question
> > about expdp. We used to write our exports to named pipes so they could
> > be compressed with gzip. Data pump doesn't support that. Is there *any*
> > way around that limitation or do I need to continue using export/import
> > if I want compressed files?
>
> > TIA
>
> Upgrade to 11g? It does allow for compression of data pump dump files.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
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> Brian Peasland
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>

I hear 11g advanced compression is an extra cost option .. So to get that option just to be able to compress expdp files is going to result in one friggin expensive compressed file :)

Anurag Received on Wed Aug 15 2007 - 13:00:20 CDT