Importing Database from SQL Server into Oracle 8i

Hello Friends,
Cuurentlly we are using SQL Server as our application database, Now we want to switch on at Oracle 8i,bcz of some problems,
If anybody had done so,then please help me in solving this problem,
I wana Import whole database from SQL server to Oracle
Lot of thanks

Hi,
Use the SQL Server Enterprise Manager to export all the tables from SQL to oralce.
When selecting the target database use the Oracle native driver (the name is not on top of my head) and not the ODBC one.
You will have problems with datatypes. Make sure to edit the mappings for the proper datatype if required.
If you have ntext columns, make sure they are translated to CLOB and not long.
Regards,
Wasim.

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