Re: something wrong with my dmp file

From: Mark Lind <marklind_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:42:22 GMT
Message-ID: <37c6b451.110593168@news.supernews.com>

On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 15:10:38 -0400, Kenneth C Stahl <BluesSax_at_Unforgettable.com> wrote:

>Did you attempt to use import the file with the same OS that you created it
>with? Exports are not portable on a binary basis. If you import across the
>network to a client exp on an NT work station then you must perform the
>import the same way. You can't create a file with NT and then expect to read
>it with imp under UNIX.

That's not really true. When we upgraded to Sun running Solaris 2.6 and Oracle 8.0.4, we used a dump file we created on an Intel platform running Netware 3.12 and Oracle 7.3.

All was well on import to the new machine.

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Mark W. Lind
marklind_at_pacbell.net Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 16:42:22 CDT