Re: Exporting across Platforms

In article 6914_at_llap.demon.co.uk, steve_at_llap.demon.co.uk (Steve Pilgrim) writes:
>klolio_at_nastg.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karen Lolio x2857) wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to find out if I will be able to take an Oracle database
>>and export it across several Unix platforms. Soon we will have Oracle
>>installed on various platforms (SGI, HP, DEC in addition to Sun/Solaris)
>>and to save testing time I want to be able to use the same data. We
>>currently have 7.1.3 installed under Solaris. Does anyone know of any
>>problems that may come up when I try to export/import this data?
>
>
>Never had any problems. File must be transferred binary.
>

I'm sending an export file created on an IBM VM (EBCDIC) via FTP to a Sun/Solaris (ASCII) machine. If I try sending in ASCII mode I get an 'abnormal end of export file' error when I import. If I send it in BINARY mode I get a 'not a valid export file' error. Any suggestions?

VM Oracle version - 7.0.16
Unix Oracle version - 7.1.4

Thanks,
Tony Damon Received on Fri Jul 21 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST