Re: Transportable tablespaces - changing file names

"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in news:41afa6d3$0$12650$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au:

>
> We can therefore state that the association between a tablespace and
> its datafiles is made *independent* of how you type the information as
> import parameters. This test doesn't prove whether it's actually the
> export metadata that supplies the association information, or whether,
> perhaps, and merely as an example, it's contained in the data file
> headers themselves.
>
> But, the point regarding your revised question is: you don't have to
> worry about setting up the association. So long as you list where all
> your DATAFILES are now residing, import will just work out everything
> else for you.
>

Thanks Howard.

There must be something in the files themselves that links them to the metadata that gets exported. Especially considering that the file names can change when being plugged into a new database.

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Chuck