From: "Sybrand Bakker" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: [exp-Imp] export in Oracle 8.1.7 - import to Oracle 8.1.6 ? Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 15:42:19 +0200 Message-ID: References: <9d0r2a$fnnre$1@ID-21443.news.dfncis.de> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Complaints-To: abuse@nl.demon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: sybrandb.demon.nl X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sybrandb.demon.nl:212.238.21.78 X-Trace: beta-news.demon.nl 989070011 beta-news:14147 NO-IDENT sybrandb.demon.nl:212.238.21.78 Lines: 30 "Carsten Jacobs" wrote in message news:9d0r2a$fnnre$1@ID-21443.news.dfncis.de... > Hello, > > I'm facing the problem to export a database ( user level) in Oracle 8i 1.7 > and import it to Oracle 8i 1.6 . > This doesn't work. The export and import commands are ok because an import > in 8.1.7 works perfect. > > Is there any solution for that. Maybe third party programms that could help? > > Thanks for any help > > Carsten > > As a general rule you can *NEVER* import a higher version export into a lower version. This has been posted here *MANY* times before. You need to connect the 8.1.6 software to your 8.1.7 database and run 8.1.6 export against the 8.1.7 database. Regards, Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA