Need help understanding unkown file extensions

[jabruno]

Hi,

A friend has received a backup of an Oracle Data Base. A mailing list data base. He needs help moving it to another application. The problem is that it is not a dmp file. While the data may have come from Oracle it is layed out in 4 files.

The Files have the extension of .DS2, .LBL .IND and.DAT

Is anyone familiar with these extensions and how to extract the information??

Thanks in Advance

 

[MikeLacey]

You'll have to talk to the orginal DBA and get a .dmp from an export. I don't think it's possible to get the database running without the control file(s) and an (at least reasonable) initSID.ora file. Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.

 

[sem]

Normally dat file contains export/import scenario (parfile). Check it for some useful information.