Re: backup/restore or datapump? which one is better

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From: Dan Palley
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:22

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"FrankW" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I gfix a gdb(mygdb.gdb) and no error were reported. in order to make sure 
> everything in the .gdb is fine, i use following two approaches:
>
> 1. Backup mygdb.gdb and restore to another name, mygdb1.gdb
> 2. Create an empy gdb named mygdb2.gdb and datapump the data from 
> mygdb.gdb
>
> Are mygdb1.gdb and mygdb2.gdb the same ? if not which method is better in 
> making sure errors does not exist somewhere in the gdb?

Well, doing a restore is not much different from doing a datapump into an 
empty database.  In either case, if no errors appear, then I think you can 
assume the database is intact.

Dan

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