Re: What in DMP FILE?

1. The IMP utility will show you that.
2. Just take a look at the very beginning of the file, you'll see a line like this:

EXPORT:Vxx.yy.zz

where xx.yy.zz decodes to the version of EXP used to do the export.

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"Zippo" <zippolight10_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a DMP file from source unknown.  I tried to import it but the


> character set of my database and the dmp file is imcompatible.

>

> My two questions:

>

> 1. How do I determine the character set that the dump file requires?

> 2. How do I determine the version used to create the dump file.  If the dump

> file was created with 9.2 software it won't work with my 8.0.5 version of

> imp

>

> Thanks

>

>