Re: Oracle data file format

On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 06:30:36 GMT, "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-family_at_attbi.com> wrote:

>Bad idea. Just use export and import.
>Jim
>"Yong Huang" <yong321_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:b3cb12d6.0206070941.72956f15_at_posting.google.com...
>> But more interesting is the test of reusing the same datafile between
>> WindowsWhatever and Intel Linux (has to be Intel Linux, not Sparc e.g.
>> due to byte ordering). Can anyone do this test? If that succeeds which
>> I doubt, then we can try Windows and True64.
>>
>> In any case, all these are unsupported. Somebody I know had a plan to
>> write a program to directly modify datafiles to support cross-platform
>> datafile move. Not sure about his progress. That's even more
>> un-supported!
>>
>> Yong Huang
>

Not only that: unprofessional advice. Will Mr. Yong Huang assume responsibility if someone following this advice screws up or does he have a very good lawyer?
There is also no difference between 'unsupported' and 'even more unsupported'. If I would know the e-mail address of the Oracle Legal Affairs department I would forward this post so they can sue him.

Regards

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Sat Jun 08 2002 - 09:14:34 CDT