Import fail in oracle 8i Err- Imp00037

Hi all of the Dearest Friends,

very urgently required ........ if possible

I am facing one problem in oracle 8i. When i am trying to import the database it's giving the err- IMP-00037 Character set marker unknown

i want to import my tables successfully. Any one there could help me in my problem.

@. specs about actions In detail...

I am trying to import the Tables from one oracle server to another oracle server. The Server from which i exported Tables having the database name PRJDB1 and the The server in which i am going to import has the name PRJDATA1.

so the question is can this create any problem?

or any other ideas/steps/helping hands on this.

Thankx in Advance.

JTP
Software EngineerYou can get this error if u are importing between different versions of oracle i.e. export from an 8.1.7 db then trying to import to a 8.1.6 db.

Are the version of oracle you using the same?