Re: Import 8.0 dmp file to 7.2?

From: Xuening Sun <ba503_at_torfree.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:42:16 GMT
Message-ID: <Fs5zMG.Co5.0.bloor@torfree.net>

Hi, Karen,

 You can export a dmp file for a 7.x database directly from your Oracle 8 database. You have to run expcat7.sql against the Oracle 8.0 database before starting exp73.exe.

Hope this helps.

Xuening Sun

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Karen G (x_at_yz.com) wrote:
: Hi all,
: I know you cannot import a version 8.0 dmp file into a 7.2 database...
: but I had another idea to throuw out there...

: Import this into an 8.0 database and then make a sqlnet alias from the
: 7.2 machine to that 8.0 machine... then perhaps something like:

: imp73 user/pass_at_DB_ALIAS fromuser=whatever touser=whatever
: file=C:\the_dump.dmp full=y commit=y ignore=y

: This is trying to run imp73 on an alias connection. valid?

: After all this thought I'm anxious for the inevitable easy solution.

: Thanks in advance,
: Karen

-- Received on Tue Mar 28 2000 - 21:42:16 CST