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Let me start out by saying that we know we did things incorrectly, and that "doing it over again the right way" isn't the advice we're looking for in this discussion.
Here's the situation:
Existing database instance (A) is Oracle 10g on AIX.
New database instance (B) is Oracle 11g on Solaris.
We exported our schema from A and imported it into B.
Unfortunately, about 12 tables in the schema were versioned using Workspace Manager in the 10g instance, but no data from WMSYS was exported.
So we have a situation where we have MyTable_LT tables containing rows, but the MyTable views are reporting 0 rows. User_WM_Versioned_Tables reports 0 rows.
It would be perfectly OK with us if we could "unversion" the tables in the new instance, and start again.
Is there a way to determine which rows in the _LT tables are belonging to the LIVE workspace?
Alternatively, is there a way to export/import the metadata from WMSYS in instance A into instance B?
Thanks in advance for your advice.

Ben -
Thank you - that is very helpful. Your first solution looked like it would be best.
Yesterday I looked at obtaining the LIVE version data from the source DB instance, but the drift in data content since the time the original export was done meant that the data refresh would have been fraught with risk, just as you identified.
I convinced the powers-that-be that a do-over of the full export/import was the best way to go, however, this time we first un-versioned the tables in the source DB.
I intend to study the documentation for how best to perform this process if we *did* want to retain all the workspaces and versioned data, but can I beg your indulgence and ask you what you would recommend?
Assuming a clean install of Oracle 11g (complete with WMSYS) as the destination, would it be appropriate to:
drop the WMSYS schema in the destination;
export the MY_SCHEMA and WMSYS from the source;
import into the destination
upgrade the WMSYS in the destination from 10g to 11g
Is this the basic process, or am I missing something important?
Thanks,
- Colin

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