Dave Hau <davehau_nospam_123_at_nospam_netscape.net> wrote in
news:3F31A1D1.2090509_at_nospam_netscape.net:
> Chuck wrote:
>> Big Chuck <ccarson_at_echeeba.com> wrote in news:3f2fb312$1_1_at_corp-
>> news.newsgroups.com:
>>
>>
>>>I am running on Solaris 8 64-bit.
>>>
>>>I currently have Oracle 9.2.0.3 64-bit installed with the following:
>>>
>>>ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
>>>ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/9.2.0.3
>>>
>>>I also need the 8.1.7 client on this machine as well. Is there any
>>>danger with installed it as so:
>>>
>>>ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
>>>ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/8.1.7
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>CC
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Why do you need the 8.1.7 client? The 9.2 client should be able to
>> connect to any database that 8.1.7 can.
>
>
> To export the 9i database to a 8i server somewhere else.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
Just use the 8i client on the "somewhere else" server. That would require
more than just using an 8i export utility though. You'd need to run the
8i catexp.sql script to make sure exp sees the views it expects to see in
the 9i database.
Received on Thu Aug 07 2003 - 07:28:59 CDT
