What you will need is an EXPORT dump file from the Unix system, not the
datafiles. This can be Imported using the IMP utility. There is a book on
supplied utilities including IMPORT and EXPORT at tahiti.oracle.com (don't
worry that 8i is the earliest you can access the basics haven't changed).
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission Uk
"Gunter Ulsenheimer" <ulsenheimerg_at_web.de> wrote in message
news:69fd9247.0311050107.5e27d96c_at_posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> looking just at the topic my problem seems to be quite easy, but in
> detail it is probably very tough!
> I have the files of an Oracle-DB, which was situated on an 'alpha'
> computer
> with a Unix-operating system (DEC Ultrix 4.0D ... if I remember
> right).
> Now I want to import this database to an empty Oracle database,
> installed on a PC. The OS is Windows NT4 Workstation and the Oracle
> software is Oracle-Server 7.3.x.x (the rest of the version I don't
> know at the moment).
> The basic question for me is: Is it possible to import the DB at all?
> If yes, what must I do?
>
> My intention is to find a solution for a CAE software, which works
> with an Oracle-DB on an 'Alpha'-server and the clients are PCs.
> I want to unify it (use only one system).
>
> That's for now. I would be very glad for any contribution (solutions
> would be better :-) ) to my problem!
>
> Gunter
Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 04:09:00 CST
