What? You are trying to export from an 817 database and import into a 9.2 database. Use the 817 export utility and the 92 import utility. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Chirag DBA [mailto:ChiragDBA@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 9:16 AM To: thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ChiragDBA@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; dba_gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Export error .. but as the version from where he is trying to export is newer then the production machine. so I don think there can be any problem Thomas. - Chiku On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:02:30 -0400, Mercadante, Thomas F <thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chiku, > > Use the 8.1.7 export utility to export the tables and the 9.2 import > utility to import the tables. > > He is probably using the 9.2 export utility to export - and the > utility is looking for the 9.2 version export support tables. > > Good Luck! > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chirag DBA [mailto:ChiragDBA@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:13 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > dba_gurus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Export error .. > > One of my frnd is trying to generate development DB from production. > > Production machine is 8.1.7 and development DB where he want to upload > a DB is 9.2. He is taking export from his machine n getting this > error. There is no DB migration is done. > > Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.1 - > Production JServer Release 8.1.7.4.1 - Production > EXP-00056: ORACLE error 942 encountered > ORA-00942: table or view does not exist > EXP-00000: Export terminated unsuccessfully > > Any Idea ????? > > - Chiku > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l