Re: Export compatibility

From: Tim Smith <timasmith_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 19 Jan 2003 12:03:09 -0800
Message-ID: <a7234bb1.0301191203.4025d8fb@posting.google.com>

Thanks, yeah I usually do the split/gzip trick old Google gave me.

Tim

"koert54" <nospam_at_nospam.com> wrote in message news:<ANzW9.22453$ym5.3550_at_afrodite.telenet-ops.be>...
> 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
> news:a7234bb1.0301190726.86adee5_at_posting.google.com...
> > 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 - 14:03:09 CST