Re: IMPORTant problem

# oerr imp 37
00037, 00000, "Character set marker unknown" // *Cause: export file is corrupted.
// *Action:

Your export file is corrupted
I guess you have used ftp to transfer the file, in this case remember to set transfer mode to binary

Brian Howard <bh_at_creditwatch-inc.com> wrote in article <37E79ACE.FA09D35F_at_creditwatch-inc.com>...
> I had done a full export from oracle 7.0 A/UX into a file named
> 'gte.exp'. I then moved the file to different server with an identical
> database on it and attempted to import it. When I do a:
> imp quanaya/qt1234 file=/users/oracle/exports/gte.exp full=Y commit=Y
> buffer=64000
> I get the following:
>
> IMP-00037: Character set marker unknown
> IMP-00021: operating system error - error code (dec 2, hex 0x2)
> IMP-00000: Import terminated unsuccessfully
>
> Does anyone know how I can fix this to import this file? I have no clue
> what the problem is and can't find any documentation. If I do a unix
> file command on a known working export file I get the following:
> ascii text
> but if I do the same on this file I get
> Apple-single format resource file
>
> Could this be the problem? If so, how do I fix?
>
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 21 1999 - 10:32:30 CDT