I'll add to the voices using export/import. Many table items in Oracle are stored with internal representations of the data. The export/import process converts the internal representation to something portable between systems so that you get the values you expect back when changing system architectures. Restoring a backup doesn't do that.
I don't understand their fear of RMAN, though. RMAN has been the recommended backup/restore utility for Oracle for years, and it's pretty much the only supported backup/restore utility for any of the offline storage things. AFAIK, it's the only thing that can take dumps of the database while online. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
