Re: expdp question

From: Jerome Vitalis <vitalismanN0SP4M_at_gmail.com.invalid>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:34:02 +0200
Message-ID: <46c34712$0$10332$79c14f64@nan-newsreader-05.noos.net>

Brian Peasland 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.
>

Wasn't it already there with 10gR2?
http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/05-sep/o55asktom.html (§ Data Pump Compression)

I haven't tested it myself. Received on Wed Aug 15 2007 - 13:34:02 CDT