Re: Recover .DBF files?

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:54:47 GMT
Message-ID: <rRTkd.40894$QJ3.5667@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>

Frank van Bortel wrote:
> harry wrote:
>

>> Running Oracle 9.2 on win 2000 (sp4)
>>
>> We have several .DBF files left from Oracle 8i that were not
>> exported/imported in to 9.2.
>>
>> Now 8i had been uninstalled is there anyway to extract the data from 
>> these
>> files in to the new system?
>>

>
> Yes; get a paid support contract, hire support to
> get them to run DUL (Data UnLoader). Maybe they will,
> as DUL does not officially exist.
>
> BTW; you never export a data file, you export data.
> Any chance you have a full export lying around
> somewhere, without you realizing it? And full
> is a keyword that the export utility uses.

Why not just re-install 8i temporarily to get what you need (such as an export)? Surely you didn't migrate to a new production platform without testing first, and having a fallback plan?

-Mark Bole Received on Thu Nov 11 2004 - 18:54:47 CST