Can Lincat find big endian and small endian problem?

Question

Hi, I want to migrate a project from linux to solaris. And I read that lincat can save a lot of time in migration. But when I tried with lincat. I found that what is found is mainly the difference between linux API and solaris API. I use the following
codes:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
int flagVal = 0x01020304;
char cptr = (char )&flagVal;
printf("Val is %d\n", *cptr);
my lincat does not find the big endian and small endian problem. I also wonder whether lincat can find the misaligned problem and "32 bits and 64 bits" problem. Could you please tell me? I didn't find the answer from lincat manual.
Edited by: baiwd on May 6, 2008 6:03 PM

Answer 1

Hi Ankit,
You may use "Cross Platform Transportable Tablespaces" method if the endian format is different between source and target platforms. Please have a look at Oracle's "Platform Migration Using Transportable Tablespaces" document for more information: http://www.oracle.com/au/products/database/maa-wp-11g-platformmigrationtts-129269.pdf
Please note that "Transportable Database" is a different feature and can only be used to migrate a new database platform that has the same endian format.
BR,
Alper Somuncu