Re: Export 8.1.5.0.0 -> 8.1.6.1.0

That totally did the job.
I had to run the export remotely using the 8.1.5 export utility, and then I could import it using 8.1.5 correctly.

Not very nice of imp to not just tell me that :-)

Thanks very much!

Martijn

Ethan Post wrote:

> My next step would be to try to use the export utility on your
> 8.1.5 box to export the data from your 8.1.6 box. If that
> doesn't work then you might have to run the 8.1.5 catexp.sql
> script on your 8.1.6 box but don't do this until you get someone
> that actually fully understands this to confirm it! I'm just
> telling you the types of answers that I have seen in the past
> that usually solve this problem. Here is a segemnt of a message
> I found on Metalink for you:
>
> ******************
> Subject: Re : IMP-00010 export from Solaris/8.1.6 & import into
> NT/8.1.5
>
> Hi. You cannot import an export file generated by a higher
> version of export into a lower level version of the database.
> They are not compatible. Please refer to Chapter 1 in the
> Oracle8 Utilities guide under 'Using Different Versions of
> Export.'
>
> You need to run the 8.1.5 version of export from the 8.1.5
> environment against the 8.1.6 database using SQL*Net. You note
> that they are separated by a firewall. If this means that you
> cannot access the 8.1.6 database on the Solaris server via
> SQL*Net from the 8.1.5 environment on the NT server, you will
> need to obtain and install 8.1.5 on the Solaris server and run
> the export from that $ORACLE_HOME. There is no need to run the
> catexp.sql from the 8.1.5 version in the 8.1.6 version.
>
> You would need to log an iTAR with Client Relations in order to
> obtain the 8.1.5 software.
>
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