Re: Exp/imp in archivelog mode question

Roberto wrote:

> One (probably) silly question:
>
> Consider I've made a full backup of a DB with the exp command.
>
> If something happens, and I need to recover with the imp command, what
> is done about the archive logs? Does the imp command delete (or
> overwrite) them? Are they left untouched? Does it automatically apply
> a recover database command to update the DB with those archive logs?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Marcos Roberto

You don't have a backup and you can not perform recovery. Exports and imports do not constitute a backup and you will most likely find that what you have is toast: burnt toast.

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