Yes, under CONSISTENT=N they are exported as separate transactions, under CONSISTENT=Y it is a large single transaction to keep read consistency across the entire export. Hence the redo generated is similar to a large report and read consistent views.
"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes." Christopher R. Spence Oracle DBA Phone: (978) 322-5744 Fax: (707) 885-2275 Fuelspot 73 Princeton Street North, Chelmsford 01863 -----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 3:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Chris, > Just because there is a PK/FK between tables, it does not mean they will be > exported in the same transaction. And thus, possibly out of sync. I didn't say there was. My implication was that your tables would get out of sync. Setting 'consistent=y' won't prevent that: : If you specify CONSISTENT=N (the default), each table is usually exported : in a single transaction. However, if a table contains nested tables, th Now it *could* be that I'm misreading the docs. It' been known to happen, but that sentence says to me that each table is exported as part of a single transaction. Anyone have proof to the contrary? The tech writer is being rather ambigous, at least I think so. Jared -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Christopher Spence INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
