Exp/imp, convertion from byte to char.

Hi,
I have a dump file exported from a database with nls_lenght_sematics=BYTES. When i import it into a database with nls_lenght_sematics=CHAR, it is retaining the BYTE charecteristics. Is there any way to change it into CHAR while importing. This for globalization support.
Thanks
Muneer

Hi Muneer,
No, import always preserve the LENGTH semantics of the original columns.
The workaround is to create your schema objects in the traget database first, with the desired semantics, prior to the importing the data.
Nat

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