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Legacy EXP/IMP file used in Datapump Import Receives error - ORA-39000: Bad Dump File Specification (Doc ID 462261.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 01, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Using a legacy export dump file, and importing into a 10g or greater instance using Data Pump import.


Is it possible to import a DUMP file, taken on an older Oracle version, using IMPDP?

Cause

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