Re: export 8i --> 8.0.5.1 import IMP-00010: not a valid export file, header failed verification

Your statement about import and export not being able to connect to a different machine is simply *completely untrue*. This all depends on a correct sqlnet configuration.
You can use the syntax imp username/password_at_servicename without *ANY* problem.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"cgoehring" <cgoehring_at_rcisd.com> wrote in message news:39FA1F34.ADCB6141_at_rcisd.com...
> Bill,
>
> I went down the same path and finally gave up. I found a bulletin on one
 of
> their sites that simply said to use the older version of the utility to do
> your export. It seams, the only way this works is if you happen to have
> installed Oracle8i over top of an older database. This way you end up
 with
> a machine that has both versions of the import and export utilites on it.
 I
> tried copying executables and dlls from one machine to the other to no
 end.
> Doing clean installs makes this not easily possible. I also find that
> import and export can't connect to another machine to do it's export. So,
> we found we were screwed again.
>
> I also ran the script that creates the old data dictionary views on 8i.
 No
> luck, had to switch to 8i cold turkey.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> Bill Baker wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm having great fun with Oracles export and import utilities, any ideas
> > would be appreciated.
> >
> > I'm tring to import a dump file that was exported from an 8i database.
> > Export was done on a 2000 workstation(I think it was 8i tools), pointed
> > at an Oracle Solaris 8i database. The place I'm importing to is an
> > 8.0.5 linux database. I keep getting the same message below:
> > Connected to: Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.5.1.0 - Production
> > With the Partitioning and Objects options
> > PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.1.0 - Production
> >
> > IMP-00010: not a valid export file, header failed verification
> > IMP-00000: Import terminated unsuccessfully
> >
> > I've researched this a bit, and found some postings which imply that you
> > can't use exports from the "exp" tool that are higher version than the
> > database you are trying to import to. Any ways to work around this?
> >
> > It's really hard to believe that Oracle would change the dump files that
> > much to the point where they would be incompatible in the same major
> > oracle version number.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions in advance,
> >
> > Bill Baker
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>
>
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Received on Sat Oct 28 2000 - 06:54:23 CEST