Re: Restore 8i Database to 9i using only the oradata ctl, dbf etc. files

IIRC,the header information in 9i is very different from 8, I doubt that any attempt to directly use the datafiles, etc from the 8 would work...

"Antoine BRUNEL" <antoinebrunel/yahoo.fr> wrote:

>hi from Paris
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>if you have all the data files (including system), and eventually a control
>file, then you can do what I typically call like a direct upgrade: driving a
>8i database to 9i release....
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>RTFM: Oracle 9i Migration
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>"Zzesers" <zzesers2002_at_yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de
>news:99584c0b.0305221050.43f527a5_at_posting.google.com...
>> Is there anyway to restore an 8i Oracle Database instance to a 9i
>> server using only the files located in the oradata directory (i.e., no
>> db dump or back is available)?
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>> If so, can someone point me in the right direction. I know if I
>> reinstalled an 8i instance, I could potentially warm start the
>> instance by putting all the files in the correct place, can I skip
>> that step and restore directly to 9i?
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>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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>> Thanks,
>> Patrick
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