Re: Hmmm.... Oracle from vax to alpha

From: Jef Kennedy <jkennedy_at_oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:47:43 -0800
Message-ID: <jkennedy-1801951547430001_at_jkennedy-lap.us.oracle.com>

In article <henry_Okeeffe.12.00100331_at_inmarsat.org>, henry_Okeeffe_at_inmarsat.org (Henry O' Keeffe) wrote:

> I'll copy over all the .com files, tweak them and hey presto. Wow! I might
> be able to do a DECnet copy of the database files themselves.

Sorry, but the database files aren't that simple. Because of Alpha's longword alignment issues, the database file structure changes. This implies that you must do an export/import to get your database from VAX to Alpha. Make sense?

I believe that the OCI logon and cursor data structures get padded a bit, too. You'll be concerned about that if you use OCI.

Good luck. Let me know if you need anything else.

-- 
Jef

Received on Thu Jan 19 1995 - 00:47:43 CET

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