Hi everyone,

I have been using a backup script for the best part of a year and it has recently been playing up. Someone at Metalink suggested that I should change using CONNECT / AS SYSDBA to CONNECT INTERNAL for the actual shutdown of the database. I have done this and so far so good. However without going into a very long story i want to know whether this would make a difference? What are the physical characteristics of the connecting these ways??? Answers on a postcard please....