Re: archives with export

From: Dennis Williams <oracledba.williams_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:41:40 -0500
Message-ID: <de807caa0609151341l64d2e30h8ceb165fe93b0c28@mail.gmail.com>

Joe,

I assume you mean archive logs.

No. Your export files are used to basically create a new database. From the Oracle recovery standpoint, that database has no relationship to the original database.

Export is a logical backup. Not the best backup for most circumstances, but is useful in certain situations. If you have just a few developers on a test database, you might just export their data before they start some activities that might hose their data.

Dennis Williams

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