Re: Copying a DB from NT to Linux occurs a ORA-01516

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:23:21 GMT
Message-ID: <3b83855b.2604864@news>

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:43:59 -0700, "Pete Sharman" <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote:

>datafiles are NOT useful, because Linux and NT files are different binary
>beasties.

Not if Linux is running an NTFS or other compatible file system? After all, they are both created and read/written by using standard C-library I/O calls. Common to both OS's. With some exceptions in NT due to its quaint I/O optimizations, agreed. Just curious, no-one is recommending anything here.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 05:23:21 CDT