Re: Could not display bfile image properly

>
> This could be a typical 'big-indian', 'small-indian' problem.
> Meaning the arrangement of double words, High half of value is
> in lower address or lower half of value in lower address.
>
> Address ....A1000 value 12345678
> Address ....A1001 value 9ABCDEF0
>
> Now is the double word value 9ABCDEF0123456789 or is it
> 123456789ABCDEF0, that is OS dependent. And to my best knowledge True 64
> uses reverse order as Linux, Windows NT/200x and others. I think it
> originated from the Alfa processor and its internal workings.
>
> So, if you just copied (tar, cpio,...) the bfile is 'reversed',
> and this is not a database problem - the bfile lives outside the data
> files. It is an external file only referenced from the database by a
> pointer.
>
> To fix use cpio -pR... (see man or info for the OS)
> cpio will pass and reverse upper/lower values and your problem is fixed.
>
> Regards
>
> /Svend Jensen
>
> Remove the spamkiller [S.] from reply address.

I used ftp and set binary transfer type (bi) to transfer the image file between the 2 servers. I also tried to display the image in 8i and 9i on the same Tru64 server. It's ok in 8i but not well in 9i. The image file is the same file.
Does it make any sense? Received on Wed Jul 09 2003 - 06:31:35 CEST