[Fwd: Importing data from dump exported with different character set]

Brijesh Lal wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The oracle version I am using is 8.15 and I am
> exporting the data into 8.1.6. When I try to import
> the data I get error that cannot that data cannot be
> imported as it is exported from database with USASCII7
> and being impored into UTF8 format.
>
> Brijesh
> --- "David A. Barbour" <dbarbour_at_nucentrix.net> wrote:
> > Brijesh,
> >
> > What are the Oracle versions you're exporting from
> > and import into?
> > UTF8 is a superset of US7ASCII, so you shouldn't be
> > having problems.
> > What error are you receiving? If you can't get it
> > to work, can you redo
> > the export? There are several ways to change
> > character sets, which are
> > documented on OTN and Metalink. Most involve
> > changing the NLS_LANG for
> > the session (import or export) but there was an
> > interesting piece on
> > editing the export file to change the reported
> > character set last month
> > on the list. Go to:
> >
> >
> http://www.unal-bilisim.com/qa/discus/messages/33/34.html?991400274
> >
> > for a précis on the procedure, and check out the
> > various Metalink
> > references. If you're going to edit the export
> > file, you MUST use a
> > binary editor.
> >
> > Brijesh Lal wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > I have been given the task to export the data from
> > the
> > > database which has the character set of USASCII7
> > and
> > > import it into Databse with UTF8 character.
> > However
> > > when I try to this the import fails with error. I
> > also
> > > searched oracle mannual but was unable to find any
> > > relevant information. Can anyone please tell me
> > how to
> > > accomplish this task
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards
> > >
> > > Brijesh
> > >
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