This is a long shot, but.....did you FTP the dump file after export and before import? Did you remember to set BINARY mode before transferring the file? -Mark Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Seema Singh Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:05 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: export (7.3.2) and import (9.2.0.4) Hi, I have been getting error during export(Oracle 7.3.2) and Import on=20 (9.2.0.4). When I used DIRECT=3DY & recordlength export on 7.3.2 version works fine.But=20 when I'm using same export file to import on Linux 9.2.0.4 it's showing=20 following error IMP-00020: long column too large for column buffer size (7) IMP-00018: partial import of previous table completed: 40500 rows imported . . importing table "M_REPORT" 0 rows imported . . importing table "APP_END_USER" 43683 rows imported . . importing table "LI_APPLICATION" IMP-00009: abnormal end of export file IMP-00018: partial import of previous table completed: 595 rows imported When I selecting that table on oracle 7.3.2 version with SUBMISSION_date COLUMN its showing error after 40500 rows. "RROR: ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [], [], [], [], [], [], [], []" No trace file generated. ANALYZE works fine,dbv runs fine on those datafiles. I have tested all combination of DIRECT=3DY ,COMPRESS=3DN & recordlength option=20 but ONLY this options work fine during export but when I was importing=20 noticed same error on same table. the table select on source database on that table works fine without ONE columns SUBMISSION_DATE.Even select work fine uptol 40500 rows with=20 submission_date.Noticed error after 40500 rows. RROR: ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [], [], [], [], [], [], [], [] please advice. thanks -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l