Hi, If you are using data pump, importing a blob will hang and need to follow a different method. http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/8i/ImportBlob.php -An On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Mahadevan, Sundar <Sundar.Mahadevan@xxxxxxx > wrote: > Hi All, > > Greetings. My source database is 10.2.0.4 on Solaris 10. The destination > database resides on a windows server and is 11.1.0.7. We will be testing our > schema level export generated on the source database (Solaris) to windows. > As a backup I want to have an export generated from my windows desktop with > 10.2.0.1 client installed to match the destination windows environment. The > database size is 15GB with system tablespace/temp and redo included. The > schema export on my windows desktop with 10.2.0.1 client ran for more than > 50 hours but did not complete. It hangs at exporting a blob table. The > export process did not die but there is nothing in v$sql_area either. 1) > What am I missing here? 2) Any caveats for Solaris to windows export/import? > Many Thanks in advance. > > > > --Sundar > > >