RE: being pecked to death by ducks

consensus seems to be that that is true only if you want to exp 8.x and imp 7.x (which would make sense). I want to go the other way. You would think that imp would be downward compatible, but with Oracle I've learned not to ASS-U-ME anything.

At 02:35 PM 12/11/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Dennis,
>
>Don't you have to run catexp7.sql to make your 8.x compatible for 7.x
imports?
>
>
>>What are the symptoms?
>>Perhaps you need to run the import twice. Once for the data
>>and then once for the indexes.
>>Or then again w/o the symptoms we are just guessing.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Dennis
>> > Taylor
>> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:04 PM
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>> > Subject: being pecked to death by ducks
>> >
>> >
>> > I need help with a question that is RTFM-able, but I'm swamped, so I'm
>> > throwing myself at everyone's mercy.
>> >
>> > I have a full export file from a 7.3.4 database, and I need to load it
into
>> > an 8.1.5 database. I know it's a relatively simple procedure, but I also
>> > remember that there's a bit of setup involved or something. The answer is
>> > somewhere in the cubic yard of Oracle manuals on my shelf, but I just
don't
>> > have the time to find it right now.
>> >
>> > I'd appreciate either instructions, or at least a pointer to the proper
>> > place in the proper manual with which to get started...
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > [image of me dancing on numerous small fires]
>> >
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