Re: catexp7.sql

In <tsmksn7m5ojk0d_at_corp.supernews.com> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> writes:

>This question has been answered many times, and I don't think the search
>machine at groups.google.com is really that bad.
>But anyway:
>you need to run catexp7.sql in order to be capable to run *the exp from
>**version 7** against the 9i database.
>The reverse will *not* work. You *can't run* a *higher* version export
>against a *lower* version database.

Thanks, geuss I had to hear tthe bad news from a guru like yourself to beleive it :-(

Seems like an absymly bad design decision. So your are never supposed to able to export older releases with moder tools. Strange since the older format was well known when the code for the newer releases was generated.

Any altrenative sugestions? We already do a hot backup of the DB, but the export is to allow regeneration of inidivual tables etc. Perhaps even inot a test instance.

Thoughts?

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