RE: moving a database

Something to watch out for with onload. Detached indexes. Onload cannot handle a detached index, the utility wants to put the index in the dbspace from which it came. I believe this to be true on all platforms. Scott H. > -----Original Message----- > From: bsagonda@my-deja.com [SMTP:bsagonda@my-deja.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 5:24 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: moving a database > > > > hie guys i have the following setup on may database. > The database is about 13gigs big, the problem is that i have 7 dbspaces > and out of those 7 , three of them are made up of chunks using the > actual physical name including the root dbspace. > > i want to use the onunload and onload utilities to export the entire > database, my question to you is the when i want to load back the > database will it remember which dbspace each table was located and put > it there. > > I am hesitating to use the dbexport and dbimport becauze it could take > me days to do it. > > Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. > -- > Blessing K. Sagonda > Networks > Ok Zimbabwe > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.