LSC is right .

1.  SYS is not to be used for Exports. Note#277237.1 explains why
one should not
connect as SYS when running an Export. Essentially, since SYS does
not follow the
transaction level read-consistency rules, an Export as SYS does not
provide data
consistency (even if CONSISTENT=Y is used).
[The only reasons to use SYS would be when specifically requested by
Oracle Support
or for Transportable Tablespaces]

2. SYS is excluded when running a EXP with FULL=Y.
I did a quick scan of catexp.sql and found the exclusions for ORDSYS,
MDSYS, CTXSYS etc
but couldn't find explicit code which shows how SYS is excluded.
[Probably the exclusion
is not in catexp.sql but in the oracle (exp) binary ?]


At 04:48 PM Friday, LS Cheng wrote:
>export full does not export sys (and several), may be that sounds better ;-)
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>LSC
>
>
>On 6/29/07, Stefan Knecht <<mailto:knecht.stefan@(protected)>
>knecht.stefan@(protected):
>Of course you can export sys:
>


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