Re: redhat 7.3 oracle 9.2 import problem

Tom <tomNOSPAM_at_teameazyriders.com> schreef in berichtnieuws 4VAVa.3458$Wz3.31918209_at_news-text.cableinet.net...
| > If the dump comes from another system, did you ftp it binary? If it was
an
| > ascii ftp you corrupted the dump file.
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| i got it from a tape onto the local machine - it made it onto the tape
from
| another machine with an internal tape drive
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| no ftp'ing involved
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| Tom
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Well, that makes it even more likely that the file is corrupted. I have little experience with tapes but long ago I had to deal with a dump from tape and it was not easy. If the export was made directly to tape you must know what the recordlength was (see exp help=y or the Utilities Guide and the OS specific documentation, http://otn.oracle.com/documentation ) You must know how the tape was made to restore files from it. In my (limited) experience always a difficult issue, specially when different platforms are involved. Maybe a CD-ROM is a better mechanism? Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 16:21:01 CDT