RE: Export 8.1.7 - Import 7.3.4

If 8.1.7 is production, then I would use selects, sql loader. If you are REAL industrious, you can try exp with 8.1.7 exp, then imp with show=y to generate a big nasty mess of text that you can try whipping up on with sed and/or awk to clean up.

If 8.1.7 is a slam and bang around database, it might be interesting to try running 7.3.4 catexp into it. Or try running 8.1.7 catexp into the 7.3.4 database. See if it works, or if it blows up.

Below is an example of show=y cleaner upper script:

  awk ' BEGIN { prev=";" }

        / \"CREATE /  { N=1; }
        / \"ALTER /   { N=1; }
        / \"ANALYZE / { N=1; }
        / \"GRANT /   { N=1; }
        / \"COMMENT / { N=1; }
        / \"AUDIT /   { N=1; }
        N==1 { printf "\n/\n\n"; N++ }
        /\"$/ { prev=""
              if (N==0) next;
              s=index( $0, "\"" );
                      if ( s!=0 ) {
                    printf "%s",substr( $0,s+1,length( substr($0,s+1))-1 )
                    prev=substr($0,length($0)-1,1 );
              }
              if (length($0)<78) printf( "\n" );
              }'

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I need to export the data from an Oracle 8.1.7 database HPUX 64 and
> import it back into an old 7.3.4 HPUX 32 database.
> The 7.3.4 import doesn't like the 8.1.7 export file.
>
> Any ideas?

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