Re: Exp/Imp from Unix to NT?

Terry,

Thakns for the info. You've put my mind (whats left of it after 28 years here!!) at ease. I knew we had to use the export facility as the DB files are incompatible betwen O/S's - the binary requirement is duly noted however.

Thanks again!

Neil.

"Terry Dykstra" <dontreply_tdykstra_at_cfol.ab.ca> wrote in <FN_A6.1268$8X4.396554_at_news1.telusplanet.net>:

>Yes, you always use binary mode when FTPing export files, even between
>Unix boxes.
>You cannot move database files between different OSes. They are not
>compatible.
>
>--
>Terry Dykstra
>Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
>"Neil" <npluckne_at_ford.com> wrote in message
>news:Xns9080947FAD93A24361267ford_at_19.5.30.190...
>> Would the same apply in transferring a database from 7.3.4 running
>> under

 AIX
>> to 8.1.7 running under NT4??
>> We've a rather large databse to shift over in a month or so's time and
>> I'd rather not enccounter any horrrors in the process :-)
>>
>> Neil Plucknett
>> Systems Analyst
>> Ford Motor Company (UK) Ltd.
>>
>>
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>> "andrew_webby at hotmail" <spam_at_no.thanks.com> wrote in
>> <986981012.2142.0.nnrp-09.c30bdde2_at_news.demon.co.uk>:
>>
>> >That's your exact problem Joel. It absolutely HAS to be FTP'd in
>> >binary mode. Even a simple file size after it was transferred in
>> >ASCII would have shown a fair amount of difference...
>> >
>> >"Joel Ehrlich" <jehrlich_at_chorus.net> wrote in message
>> >news:9av945$pqu$1_at_news.chorus.net...
>> >> I also have routinely imported 8.0.5-generated dump files using the
>> >> 8.1.6 import utility. The unrecognizable header problem only
>> >> arises when the export was run off of a Unix box.
>> >>
>> >> Incidentally, the unreadable dump file came to us via CD. I
>> >> checked with the DBA who ran the export, he has to FTP the export
>> >> file from the Unix machine to an NT machine before burning the CD.
>> >> He indicated that he ran that FTP transfer in ASCII mode, but will
>> >> try again using a binary

 transfer.
>> >> I'll let you know how things work.
>> >>
>> >> --Joel Ehrlich
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Joel Ehrlich, Research Associate
>> >> NCCD/CRC
>> >> 426 South Yellowstone Drive, Suite 250
>> >> Madison, WI 53719
>> >> Phone (608) 831-8882
>> >> Fax (608) 831-6446
>> >> Email: jehrlich_at_chorus.net
>> >>
>> >>
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  Received on Thu Apr 12 2001 - 05:10:28 CDT