Re: Using exp/imp file over different o/s

In article <1994Jun22.012245.8980_at_rossinc.com>, ronaldle_at_rossinc.com (Ronald F Leedy Jr) wrote:

> I have been trying to move an Oracle database from a VMS machine running 7.0.12
> to a HP-UX machine running 7.0.15 using the export/import facility. On the
> import, Oracle comes back with IMP-00009 abnormal end of export file. The error
> book says to report to Oracle with export file (and they might get back to me
> before Christmas).-(
>
> In thinking that it might be a problem with pulling the dmp file over the net
> via ftp I tried using different record lengths with no avail. Has anyone out
> there actually been successful porting a dmp?

Yes, I've done this a few times from IBM VM/CMS (EBCDIC) 6.0.30 via ftp to a sun (ASCII) 6.0.32 and 7.0.12 successfully. I used binary transfer mode
and Oracle is smart enough to convert from EBCDIC to ASCII. My first try was a success so may be your 7.0.15 installation is lacking some exp-views? (If Oracle can handle imp/exp form IBM host to Unix box (and vice versa) why
should it not from VMS to HP-UX (other than VMS likes Rdb) ;-)
>
> Thnaks in advance for any help passed my way.
>
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