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John, an x86 machine uses Little Endian format. If sparc is Big Endian
then you have a problem.
Even if both machines use the same bit ordering format Oracle does not officially support moving datafiles between non-compatiable hardware till 10g and only via rman.
Use exp, binary FTP, imp and call it a day.
HTH -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Thu Jul 07 2005 - 16:01:29 CDT