Brian If by "dump" you refer to a plaintext dump of some data, such as a spooled output from sql*plus, then you'd use ascii. if by "dump" you refer to an export dump file created by e.g. data pump, then you' d have to use binary. Stefan On Jan 28, 2015 3:06 AM, "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When I move an exported dump file from one server to another for import, > do I move it ASCII or binary? > > > > > > Brian > > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you.