Re: export/import and future oracle versions

In article <43s0o0$bp0_at_homer.alpha.net>, sahmad_at_mfa.com (Saad Ahmad) writes:
|>
|> Does Oracle provide any guarentee in terms of
|> being able to import a table exported today with
|> Oracle V7, say 10 years from now in Oracle v xxx?
|>
|> For an archival/retrieval system, am I correct in
|> assuming that export/import is not a good way to
|> archive information ...?
|>
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You are correct. In oracle7 utility user's guide, the import util can import data export with version 5.1.22 and later only.

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