Re: [exp-Imp] export in Oracle 8.1.7 - import to Oracle 8.1.6 ?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:42:19 +0200
Message-ID: <tf80lt92la738a@beta-news.demon.nl>

"Carsten Jacobs" <carsten.jacobs_at_web.de> wrote in message news:9d0r2a$fnnre$1_at_ID-21443.news.dfncis.de...
> Hello,
>
> I'm facing the problem to export a database ( user level) in Oracle 8i 1.7
> and import it to Oracle 8i 1.6 .
> This doesn't work. The export and import commands are ok because an import
> in 8.1.7 works perfect.
>
> Is there any solution for that. Maybe third party programms that could
help?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Carsten
>
>

As a general rule you can *NEVER* import a higher version export into a lower version. This has been posted here *MANY* times before. You need to connect the 8.1.6 software to your 8.1.7 database and run 8.1.6 export against the 8.1.7 database.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Sat May 05 2001 - 08:42:19 CDT