onload problems?

I used the command: $ onunload -t ankb.dat prd:sapr3.ankb to unload a table that I'm moving to my test box from production. I use the command: $ onload -t ankb.dat dev:sapr3.ankb and receive the errors: Error positioning within TBLspace. ISAM error: illegal key descriptor (too many parts or too long). Any guess as to what I'm doing wrong? TIA Mike

Mike Eggleston wrote: > > I used the command: > > $ onunload -t ankb.dat prd:sapr3.ankb> > to unload a table that I'm moving to my test box from production. > I use the command: > > $ onload -t ankb.dat dev:sapr3.ankb> > and receive the errors: > > Error positioning within TBLspace. > ISAM error: illegal key descriptor (too many parts or too long).> > Any guess as to what I'm doing wrong? It's a bad idea to use onunload/onload to copy tables. Use dbunload/dbload or my dbcopy.ec utility instead. My guess, the table already exists on dev: with a different index structure. Art S. Kagel