Re: 8i export import to 8.0.5.1 database not a valid export

From: Philip Chee <philip_at_aleytys.pc.my>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 04:27:07 GMT
Message-ID: <971670427.5424snx@aleytys.pc.my>

In article <sukbj6djkomc15_at_corp.supernews.com> dave_and_vanna_at_hotmail.com writes:

>However, if one exports from an 8i database, how is the version 7 imp
>utility supposed to recognize the content of the 8i export file? How would
>the version 8i import utility understand the stucture of the version 7
>exp/imp datadictionary objects? And assuming it could, how would one have a
>version 8 import utility on a machine running version 7?
>
>If someone could be kind enough to tell me the procedures they followed to
>import a newer version export file into an older version database, I would
>be happy to try it. And I *do* hope it works, because I would like to do
>exactly that.

I think the theory is that:

        You run catexp7.sql against the 8i database.
        Then run the **v7** export utility against the 8i instance to
        produce a v7 compatible export that can be imported into a v7
        instance.

However I haven't tried this myself.

Philip

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