Yes, you always use binary mode when FTPing export files, even between Unix
boxes.
You cannot move database files between different OSes. They are not
compatible.
--
Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"Neil" <npluckne_at_ford.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9080947FAD93A24361267ford_at_19.5.30.190...
> Would the same apply in transferring a database from 7.3.4 running under
AIX
> to 8.1.7 running under NT4??
> We've a rather large databse to shift over in a month or so's time and I'd
> rather not enccounter any horrrors in the process :-)
>
> Neil Plucknett
> Systems Analyst
> Ford Motor Company (UK) Ltd.
>
>
>
> "andrew_webby at hotmail" <spam_at_no.thanks.com> wrote in
> <986981012.2142.0.nnrp-09.c30bdde2_at_news.demon.co.uk>:
>
> >That's your exact problem Joel. It absolutely HAS to be FTP'd in binary
> >mode. Even a simple file size after it was transferred in ASCII would
> >have shown a fair amount of difference...
> >
> >"Joel Ehrlich" <jehrlich_at_chorus.net> wrote in message
> >news:9av945$pqu$1_at_news.chorus.net...
> >> I also have routinely imported 8.0.5-generated dump files using the
> >> 8.1.6 import utility. The unrecognizable header problem only arises
> >> when the export was run off of a Unix box.
> >>
> >> Incidentally, the unreadable dump file came to us via CD. I checked
> >> with the DBA who ran the export, he has to FTP the export file from
> >> the Unix machine to an NT machine before burning the CD. He indicated
> >> that he ran that FTP transfer in ASCII mode, but will try again using
> >> a binary
transfer.
> >> I'll let you know how things work.
> >>
> >> --Joel Ehrlich
> >>
> >> --
> >> Joel Ehrlich, Research Associate
> >> NCCD/CRC
> >> 426 South Yellowstone Drive, Suite 250
> >> Madison, WI 53719
> >> Phone (608) 831-8882
> >> Fax (608) 831-6446
> >> Email: jehrlich_at_chorus.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
Received on Wed Apr 11 2001 - 10:31:49 CDT
