Re: Migrating Database Instance to new OS Platform

"Johne_uk" <edgarj_at_tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>My company's Unix admin tells me that he knows how to copy/convert
>files from Big Endian <--> Little Endian and vice versa. If this
>feasible?

I would seriously doubt that a simple copy of files (going via your Unix admin's mangler) is going to work. If it works, it almost certainly won't be supported.

Paul...

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XP Pro, SP 2, 

Oracle, 9.2.0.1.0 (Enterprise Ed.)
Interbase 6.0.1.0;

When asking database related questions, please give other posters 
some clues, like operating system, version of db being used and DDL.
The exact text and/or number of error messages is useful (!= "it didn't work!").
Thanks.
 
Furthermore, as a courtesy to those who spend 
time analysing and attempting to help, please 
do not top post.