It won't work. You cannot just copy the database files from one OS to
another. You can however do an export on one OS and an import into another
OS as long as the database you are going to is the same or later version of
Oracle.
Jim
"scottk" <scottnking_at_home.com> wrote in message
news:3b3d0a2f$0$25919_at_wodc7nh6.news.uu.net...
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any difference in the format of a oracle 8 database hosted on a
> solaris machine versus one hosted on an NT machine? I need to move a db
> from solaris to NT....how portable between the two OS's?
>
> thanks,
>
> scottk
>
>
>
Received on Fri Jun 29 2001 - 20:54:14 CDT
