Re: HELP - Oracle 7.3.3 "Leaking" Memory

Did you get the 7.3.4 upgrade? If not, contact Oracle Support. I had big problems with 7.3.2 and 7.3.3. I used 7.3.4 for a while and then went to Oracle8 ASAP because of the new OEM and other tools.

There is a BIG rumor that 7.3.3 and 8.0.3 are the same thing, with a whole bunch of flags set to TRUE in 8. Also, 7.3.4 and 8.0.4 are the same thing. Neither 7.3.3 nor 8.0.3 were really great and had the same reports of memory leaks (had it REALLY BAD with 7.0.15/16 on NetWare). 7.3.4 has the last round of bug fixes and is the last of the Oracle7 releases - period.

When you go to Oracle8, get 8.0.5, because it has a log of bug fixes. We are working around a semaphore problem with 8.0.4 on HP.

Warren Whitby wrote in message
<3602BD96.6444_at_postoffice.worldnet.att.net>...
>We're running multiple Oracle 7.3.3 databases on Win NT servers (V4,
>service pack 3.) Our problem has been the Oracle73.exe process has been
>increasing in size when viewed through the NT task manager. The process
>will increase in memory, and then release only part of the memory that
>it just acquired. So after a period of time, the process becomes so big
>that it prevents users from logging into the machine or causes other
>processes to become slowed.
>
>This has happened on machines that are backup domain controllers as well
>as non-BDCs. Upgrading to Oracle 8 is not an option, due to the problems
>occuring in Powerbuilder 6.0.
>
>If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Warren Whitby
>INFORMS, INC
>Work - whitbyw_at_dot.state.al.us
>Home - wwhitby_at_worldnet.att.net
Received on Mon Sep 28 1998 - 21:34:58 CDT