This is probably a silly question, but are the database files binary portable? eg could I take datafiles from a Sparc and copy them to an Intel machine, or would the endianness differences kill me? I expect the answer to be "funny man! Of course not!" for reasons of speed (native interger handling being quicker than forcing network-endianness, for example) but you never know... How about cross OS (eg from Linux Intel to Windows XP, or from Solaris Intel to Linux Intel)? (I almost expected this to be a FAQ, but I didn't see it there). -- rgds Stephen
