Re: OnLine 5 Lev 0 to dbexport

Posted in 2003

malcolm.iiug — Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:34:58 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

The two functions are completely different. A level 0 tape backup is taken to protect the Informix server against failure of hardware, OS, and can be restored to the same system when required. The ontape format is BINARY. A dbexport is taken to make an ASCII copy of a database. Whilst everything is technically feasible there is no utility to do this and writing one would be a major undertaking. I guess from your email that you want to move a database to another environment and can't restore from the level 0. Am I correct? regards Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Breen" <ted_breen@team.telstra.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:01 AM Subject: OnLine 5 Lev 0 to dbexport > Hi, > Is there any utility that can convert a Lev 0 tape backup to a dbexport> in OnLine 5? > If not would it be possible to do this? > Thanks in advance. > Ted Breen. > > sending to informix-list