Re: Moving Oracle Binaries from HP to SUN

pegramrg_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>Has anyone done the following:
>
>Create a db using Oracle Loaded on an HP Server
> - The datafiles, controlfiles, etc will be on EMC
>
>Later,
>Install the oracle binaries on a SUN Server, basically
>unplug the HP from the SYMM, and plug in the SUN and
>bring up the database.
>

been there, done that, blew up big time.;-)

as far as i know it won't work. you'd have to go the exp/imp route.

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