Re: Migrating Database Instance to new OS Platform

From: HansF <News.Hans_at_telus.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:16:10 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2005.07.07.22.15.26.580069@telus.net>

On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 14:01:29 -0700, Mark D Powell interested us by writing:

> John, an x86 machine uses Little Endian format. If sparc is Big Endian
> then you have a problem.

According to 10g:

select PLATFORM_NAME, ENDIAN_FORMAT
from v$TRANSPORTABLE_PLATFORM
where PLATFORM_NAME like '%Solaris%';

Solaris[tm] OE (32-bit) 	Big
Solaris[tm] OE (64-bit) 	Big
Solaris Operating System (x86) 	Little

There is no explicit listing for SParc.

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