Re: Sybase vs Oracle - which is better?

Yassir Khogaly wrote:
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> Which Sybase Products runs under NT and will be able to restore from Unix
> Sybase dump...?

Hello,

        It is not possible to directly dump a database on UNIX and load it directly into a NT database. This is do to the native character sets. The usual method of moving data betwwen the two different platforms is to use a sybase utility called BCP ( Bulk Copy Program) which allows you to copy tables out in a specified character set and then BCPing the output file into the target database on the other platform. You'll have to create a duplicate copy of the table on the target before you put BCP in the data.

Versions 11.x to 11.9.2 run on NT. Sybase does allow you to down load an evaluation copy from their web sight.

Robert Received on Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CST