Just to set the record straight and to avoid wild speculation : 1. I'm Belgian ... >Besides Kurt, Oracle Consulting will charge you >a minimum of several tens of thousands of dollars to even think about using >their Oracle internal-only DUL tool on your system. 2. This sounds confusing - so I thought I would reveal some numbers here. Oracle DUL might be expensive in some countries. DUDE is not at all expensive - in fact most cases range between 900 to 1350 euros ... I think the day price of many consultants is higher then that ! To give you another example - we once unloaded a 2TB warehouse for a fixed price ... and it was less then half of ten thousand dollar. So I wouldn't say all direct unloading is pricey... cheers, Kurt >----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- >Van: Jeremiah Wilton [mailto:jeremiah@xxxxxxxxxxx] >Verzonden: vrijdag, januari 11, 2008 08:32 PM >Aan: ''oracle-l'' >Onderwerp: RE: Merge datafile to Another DATABASE > >Mark W. Farnham wrote: > >> Now if transportable tablespaces won't work for you, there are a couple of >companies out >> there that have utilities designed to scan datafiles to produce files >useful for loading >> your data from a damaged database that cannot be started from the >datafiles of tablespaces >> that remain viable. You'll need to be specific with them about what >release, and I do not >> think any of them operate as a free service (nor am I suggesting they >should). > >Direct data unload is pricey and there is no guarantee that the resulting >data will be a perfect representation of the committed data at any >particular moment in time. It is a solution of last resort when all >conventional solutions have failed. > >As Carel-Jan mentioned, top among those who can provide direct data >unloading services are Kurt Van Meerbeeck in the Netherlands (I think), who >owns a domain name very similar to mine, and provides his jDUL/DUDE service >through Miracle in Denmark. Besides Kurt, Oracle Consulting will charge you >a minimum of several tens of thousands of dollars to even think about using >their Oracle internal-only DUL tool on your system. > >I also provide a service to unload most platforms and most versions >reliably. > >There are a few others that have developed unloaders, but I cannot vouch for >their effectiveness. One notable example is Lou Fanxin. Mr. Lou generously >provides his AUL/MyDUL program for free download, but I am embarrassed to >say I haven't tested it out yet. > >It doesn't sound like the OP needs direct data unloading, but that's a >survey of the available services. > >Jeremiah Wilton >ORA-600 Consulting >http://www.ora-600.net > >-- >//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l