Thanks Joe for your input, Appreciate your help & advice -----Original Message----- From: jtesta@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jtesta@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:46 AM To: Daniel.Fink@xxxxxxx Cc: jtesta@xxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Incremental Export in Oracle 9i My guess would be so that all of those exp scripts out there floating around don't bomb off with "invalid parameter" error but just ignore it and keep on running. No need to apologize, i rarely post except usually to be a smart ass but when i do post, i've already gone thru the procedure of proving the point so i dont look like a doofus posting errors :) joe Original message below Joe, Thank you. It's always nice to see someone take the time to prove what they say. My apologies for missing this on the list earlier. It's curious...why would Oracle keep the parameter in exp and then tell you it is obsolete and it will be ignored? I'm sure they have a good reason, it just does not make much sense to this ol' dba... Daniel jtesta@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: Dan, I made the statement as its been stated in the 9i docs and to make you feel better here is your proof: [oracle@linux tmp]$ exp jtesta full=y inctype=cumulative Export: Release 9.2.0.5.0 - Production on Fri Jun 4 12:30:54 2004 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Password: Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.5.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.5.0 - Production EXP-00041: INCTYPE parameter is obsolete 00041, 00000, "INCTYPE parameter is obsolete" // *Cause: Export encountered the INCTYPE parameter when parsing Export // options. Incremental Exports are no longer supported. // *Action: Consult the Oracle Backup and Recovery guide. // Export will attempt to continue. [oracle@linux tmp]$ Joe ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------