RE: Export w/ rows=N taking hours......

Hi Mark,  

See Metalink 181072.1 for a couple alternative solutions: 1) remove FIRST_ROWS from init.ora or 2) create a logon trigger to set optimizer_goal=choose for your exp user.  

Regards,
Brandon  

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