good point, I hadn't caught the attempted conversion from non to unicode. The only way to do this is a fresh install on a new DB and move the data through API like RRR tools like Misi said before...good catch.
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Walters, Mark <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > You can’t convert a non-Unicode ARS database to a Unicode one – which is > what I think you’re suggesting using the steps below. You’ll need a clean > install of 8.1/Unicode and some sort of migration of data. If you check > back through the archives there are various threads which go into the > details of why the conversion is not likely to work.**** > > ** ** > > Mark**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Susan Palmer > *Sent:* 25 June 2013 15:04 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Moving from Solaris to Linux**** > > ** ** > > ** **** > > Hi Everyone,**** > > **** > > Our current environment is Solaris 10 with Oracle 10g non-unicode and ARS > 7.5P4. We are trying to move to a Linux CentOS release 6.4 Final (Red Hat > Linus 6.4) with Oracle 11g unicode and ARS 8.1. These are VM instances.** > ** > > **** > > We are finding the Linux box does want Oracle 10g. Since we are moving to > a new server we wanted to do fresh installs at the 10g level and do an > import of our database, then proceed with the oracle upgrade and ARS > upgrade.**** > > **** > > So we thought we would start with an 11g db on the linux box and go from > there but when we tried the 7.5 install it said it wouldn't work on 11g. > When I check the compatibility chart it indicated 10g or higher for 7.5.** > ** > > **** > > So the basic steps we'd like to do:**** > > Install 11g on the linux server.**** > > Export 10g from current server and import it into 11g.**** > > Install ARS 7.5 (we received an error at this point saying it wouldn't > work on 11g ???)**** > > Install ARS 8.1**** > > **** > > Has anyone done something similar? Is there something wrong with our > approach?**** > > **** > > Appreciate any feedback you can provide.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > Susan**** > > **** > > Susan Palmer**** > > ShopperTrak**** > > 233 S Wacker Drive 41st floor**** > > Chicago, IL 60606**** > > 312-529-5325**** > > [email protected]**** > > **** > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ **** > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
