I'm moving from 9ix32 bit world over to 11gx64bit world and I'm modifying some storage and object structures. Yea, schemas are smallish (whole DB is only about 80g). -----Original Message----- From: De DBA [mailto:dedba@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 7:23 PM To: Storey, Robert (DCSO) Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Generic Import question My worry with a full import would be that it may import 9i data dictionary data that would be deleted during a proper upgrade. You'd probably have to run the upgrade scripts after a full import to ensure that that doesn't happen, but where's the guarantee that you end up with a clean upgraded 11g dictionary after that? If you plan to import the 9i data dictionary into your 11g database, why wouldn't you just copy the database (or restore a backup) and upgrade it? Seems cleaner to me.. I'd go with the schema import, and create synonyms, directories, vpds etc. as required if the schemas are smallish. Cheers, Tony On 5/09/12 3:09 AM, Storey, Robert (DCSO) wrote: > Working on moving a 9i database over to 11g. I can easily do a full import > to bring everything over, but, I only have 4 schemas that contain my > application tables and such. > So, what is the benefit of doing a full import vice just the schemas? I had > planned to precreate the storage structures and the 4 schema owners. > > Just curious. > > Thanks > Bob > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l