Mark Malakanov <markmal_no_spam_at_rogers.com> wrote in message news:<3D007251.9050005_at_rogers.com>...
> You can easily reformat them by issuing command:
>
> CMD>ren filename.ora filename.dbf
> and
> SQL>alter database rename file 'FILENAME.ORA' to 'FILENAME.DBF';
>
> You can choose any extention you like!
>
> There is so many unixes. Probably it is possible to put window's
> datafiles files into INTEL Linux, and may be it will even work,
No, you definitely can't transfer files between platforms, even if
they're using the same CPUs. Internal structure of datafiles is
different on different platforms, you will not be able to mount
database.
Seems to me like Mr. Lau is the victim of Gates' syndrom, which
symptoms is fifed idea that extension of file has something common
with contents. :-)
I think that he should use as extension .HLD - Henry Laus' datafiles.
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Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 06:01:50 CDT
