Re: IMP-00010

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 23:12:32 +0100
Message-ID: <8vh43q$4is9e$4@ID-62141.news.dfncis.de>

<yunhuiyang_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8veqde$8gu$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hi, all:
>
> A IMP-00010 occurred when a full DB dump from Oracle8.1.6 database
> (SunOS5.7) was used to import into Oracle8.1.5 database on RHL6.0.
>
> Error says, "not a valid export file, header failed verification".
>
> exp parfile:
> compress=n
> consistent=n
> constraints=y
> direct=n
> file=/a/b/xyx.dmp
> full=y
> grants=y
> indexes=y
> log=xyx.log
> record=y
> rows=y
> userid=system/someone
>
> imp parfile:
> userid=system/somebody
> file=/x/y/xyx.dmp
> full=y
> log=xyx_imp.log
> ignore=y
>
> Any suggestion will be deeply appreciated.
>
> Helen
>
>
>
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Run 8.15 exp on 8.16 database, there is no other solution. Actually this is a FAQ, I just answered a similar question a few hours ago: you should *always* run the lower version exp against the higher version database, ie export in the lower version format.

Hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Tue Nov 21 2000 - 16:12:32 CST