Just bang it straight into your 8i or 9i DB !!!
btw - the latest patch for 8i on AIX is 8.1.7.4.
AIX 5L only supports 8i 32 bit (!) & 9i 64bit - Oracle 7.3 is not supported
on AIX5L
Watch you 2GB export dump limit - might want to consider user per user
export ...
"Tim Smith" <timasmith_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a production database on 7.3.2.1 AIX 4.2.1 on an RS/6000
> which has an export size of 10GB compressed.
> New IBM hardware is on its way and the goal is to move the data
> into an Oracle 8.1.7.1 database, not sure about AIX - maybe 4.3, maybe
> 5.
> I could (with existing CDs) build a 7.3 database, import and then
> upgrade in place - but is this necessary - are the exports fully
> compatible between Oracle versions?
>
> thanks
>
> Tim
Received on Sun Jan 19 2003 - 09:48:48 CST
