Re: Oracle 8 Versions

A copy of this was sent to "Cecil R. Whitaker" <whitakercr_at_nswc.navy.mil> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:07:25 -0400, you wrote:

>Are both of these versions available for Solaris 7 (2.7)? The product avaliablity
>section under database products on www.oracle.com lists only Oracle8 Enterprise
>Edition at a limited production level. I'm not sure how up-to-date the listing is.
>Solaris 7 has been out for a while now.
>

Yes -- 8.0.5 is ok for 2.7 as will be 8.0.6

       8.1.5 is ok for 2.7 as well

8.0 will support 2.5.x on up (including 8.0.6) 8.1 supports 2.6 (NOT 2.5) on up.

>Thomas Kyte wrote:
>
>> A copy of this was sent to christian.hartmann_at_hart.north.de (Christian Hartmann)
>> (if that email address didn't require changing)
>> On 18 Jun 1999 18:48:00 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>> >Hi there,
>> >
>> >is anybody able to tell me which versions of Oracle 8 available? I know
>> >8i, but I think this is a special version for publishing in the internet,
>> >isn't it?
>> >
>> >Are there any more versions? If yes, which ones and mybe you can give me
>> >the "about-price"?
>> >
>> >THX for your help,
>> >
>> >Christian Hartmann
>>
>> There is the most current release of Oracle called "Oracle8i, release 8.1". It
>> is version 8.1.5 of the database.
>>
>> There is another release of Oracle called "Oracle8, release 8.0". It is version
>> 8.0.5 of the database.
>>
>> You can see www.oracle.com for more info.
>>

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Thomas Kyte                   tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Service Industries     Reston, VA   USA

Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 14:48:49 CDT