And with ascii files, security becomes an issue. Its easy to change data and load it back without errors... And its easy to see confidential data too.
=) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lyndon, > > Beacuse it's proprietary. Any dunce can create a flat ascii text file, > which probably accounts for the wide audience it gets. But it takes a PHD to > read a binary one. BTW: IBM and M$'s dump files are binary as well. > > Also, Oracle's default installation does scale, although not as well as it > should. And to boot that's the reason your boss pays you. Look at as job > justification. > > Dick Goulet > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Author: Lyndon Tiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2/11/2003 10:34 AM > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > Lyndon, > > > > True, an export file is peculiar to Oracle. The difference > > between a > > commercial database and an open source one. IBM and MicroSludge do > > the same. > > The functional purpose though is the same. > > Question: > > Why a binary file? More efficient? I find the plain text output more > useful and easy to store. Recovery is easier as well, just cut and > past the relevant lines of script and run it. > > -- > Lyndon Tiu > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Lyndon Tiu > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.net > -- > Author: > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). -- Maria Aurora VT de la Vega Oracle DBA Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. "Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory." -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Maria Aurora VT de la Vega INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
