Re: Database files

jbaker_at_moby.micro.umn.edu (Jeffrey J Baker) writes:

>The company I work for has been thinking about moving their Oracle development
>system from a RISC platform to one running OS/2. I know that there will be no
>problem reloading the existing forms, but what I am wondering about is whether
>or not the existing database files (dbs*.dbf) can be copied directly over to
>the new system. Has anyone had experience with this procedure? Are there other
>problems with doing this that I am not taking into consideration?
>Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Use the Oracle EXPORT/IMPORT Utility. You cannot copy *dbf files.
>Jeff
>jbaker_at_cs.umn.edu

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