Filed 02-OCT-2000 Updated 02-OCT-2000 Product Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition V7 Product Version 8.1.5.0 Platform Generic Platform Version 2.2.14 RDBMS Version 8.1.5.0 Affects Platforms Port-Specific Priority Minimal Loss of Service Status Description Phase Base Bug N/A Fixed in Product Version No Data Problem statement: NOT ABLE TO IMPORT FILE EXPORTED WITH DIRECT OPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** FGIRAUD 10/02/00 09:40 am *** PROBLEM: I'm not able to import file exported by 8.1.5 in direct mode on linux . DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS: exp system/manager full=y direct=y recordlength=64000 file=exp.dir imp system/manager fromuser=fg touser=fg file=exp.dir =>IMP-00051: Direct path exported dump file contains illegal column lengthSegment) ----- exp system/manager full=y file=exp.no_rc IMP-00034: Warning: FromUser "FG" not found in export file Import terminated successfully with warnings. . exp/imp without direct mode works fine! WORKAROUND: do not use direct option on export RELATED BUGS: REPRODUCIBILITY: Yes it's reproductible exp imp LINUX 8.1.5.0 LINUX 8.1.5.0 LINUX 8.1.5.0 LINUX 8.1.6.1 STACK TRACE: TESTCASE :