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RE: Upgrade 8.0.5 to 8.1.6

From: Kent Wayson <waysonkw_at_mail.milwaukee.k12.wi.us>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:56:56 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003CB28B.20011121141522@fatcity.com>

When I did this, the migration assistant was much quicker than export/import.

Kent

>Yes, I agree 100%, but people here are concerned that upgrading will "break"
>the database, and we have to QUICKLY move everything over to 8.1.6. (Long
>story). What I was really after in my original question was: why is the
>upgrade script a better solution than just recreating the tablespaces in
>8.1.6 and importing from an export of the old database? Does it just save
>time? Is there a downside to using export/import this way?
>
>Best!
>
>Ed
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Thapliyal
>Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:20 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Ed,
>
>the whole point of compatable is to mimick behaviour
>of an older release .. like optimizer plans etc.
>upgrading the db would be the way to go for this..
>like many have already pointed out
>
>Deepak
>
>--- Ed <mrclark_at_xnet.com> wrote:
>> A DBA here is trying to upgrade several 8.0.5
>> databases to 8.1.6
>> by using export/import. This will probably work,
>> but wouldn't it be
>> easier to just do a cold backup and open them using
>> the
>> COMPATIBLE parameter in the 8.1.6 environment? Is
>> there
>> any downside to using export/import? (ie. will it
>> affect snapshots,
>> db links, etc...).
>>
>> I thought the whole point of the compatible
>> parameter was that
>> it let you open up an older database with no
>> questions asked.
>> Then you could run any of the upgrade .sql scripts
>> at your leisure,
>> yes?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
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