Change of plan though. Instead the plan from upstairs is to restore the test server from a version of Oracle 8.1.6 they know was working the way they want it. Then I will simply export the data from the Oracle 8.1.7 database into the newly restored Oracle 8.1.6.
Is there going to be a compatibility issue using 8.1.7 exporting tool and 8.1.6 importing tool.
I had this problem before in an import/export situation. We simply changed the Oracle home to point to the corrcet version. This can be done in your .par file
Mr.Hanky@old_version
Got it?
MH
You can also check out asktom.oracle.com and search the archives for "export" and "version" and you will see several hundred questions answered about this exact problem.