GoldenGate Replicat abend with "OGG-01332 File dirdat\xx, with compatibility level 3, is not compatible with the current software version's compatibility level of 2 (Doc ID 1451840.1)

Last updated on JULY 18, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Replicat abending with the following error after a source OGG upgrade.

2012-04-06 09:21:56  ERROR   OGG-01332  File dirdat\pj000088, with compatibility level 3, is not compatible with the current software version's compatibility level of 2. Modify the file writer's parameter file to generate the appropriate format using the FORMAT LEVEL 2 option.

OR

2012-04-05 19:49:22  GGS ERROR    ZZ-0QE  File header failed to parse tokens. File dirdat\pj000025, last offset 905, data: 905: 000000013A00000200003B000004000000013C0000140000001014141414141414141414141411141414330000773000000A0008454F42415232363131000002000332000002000B33000002000234000002000135000002000036000002000137000041003F56657273696F6E2031312E322E312E302E30204F4747434F5245.

The same error could happen when doing a initial load with different OGG versions 

Cause

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