Re: exp and archive available.... recover table

From: Alexander Skwar <alexander_at_skwar.name>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:30 +0200
Message-ID: <2790592.QVUrCAGfDP@kn.gn.rtr.message-center.info>

sybrandb <sybrandb_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 jul, 16:05, Alexander Skwar <alexan..._at_skwar.name> wrote:

>> fitzjarr..._at_cox.net <fitzjarr..._at_cox.net> wrote:
>> > An export is a logical copy of the object or objects exported at the
>> > time the object copy began.  It is not a backup, even in the loosest
>> > sense of the word.
>>
>> What makes this a "non backup"? You can use an EXP dump to recover
>> all the data, can't you? You'll of course just need to create an
>> "empty" database before you can run IMP.

> Please explain how do you plan to recover *all* the data using EXP?
> You don't make an export every 5 seconds, do you?

No, I don't. I make an exp at some certain time.

> So how on earth can you state you can use EXP to 'recover' anything?

You can recover everything which has been exported, can't you?

Alexander Skwar Received on Wed Jul 11 2007 - 03:50:30 CDT