On Feb 26, 9:52 am, "Mark D Powell" <Mark.Pow..._at_eds.com> wrote:
> On Feb 26, 9:00 am, "Plactoon" <elsersupr..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, my problem is: i have a backup of my oracle 8.1.7 database, i ftp
> > the dmp.Z file to another server but not in binary mode, is there any
> > way to fix this file??
>
> > thx
>
> I think it is unlikely that the file can be fixed. There is no way
> for you to know what data values might have been changed so even if
> the file would import there could be corrupted data in the result.
>
> Check to see if the source file still exists then if it does Re-FTP
> the file from the source using a binary FTP. If the file has been
> removed see if you can get a new one made.
>
> HTH -- Mark D Powell --
PS Have you verified that the default transfer method for the FTP
used was not binary?
Received on Mon Feb 26 2007 - 08:56:23 CST
