Re: Why should I upgrade to Oracle 8 ?

Oracle 8 does have some benefits over 7.x versions. Version 8 has a better optimizer so your queries should(?) run faster. The database processes should also run faster as well. Not to mention, you can take advantage of features not found in 7.x versions such as function based indexes, table & index partitioning, and others. Your legacy systems might not take advantage of these new features right away, but over time, you will.

Hope that helps,
Brian Peasland
Raytheon Systems
peasland_at_edcmail.cr.usgs.gov

SVENSSON CHRISTIAN wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> We have at our nuclear power plant approximately 30 Oracle databases,
> version 7.2.3 and 7.3.4 and I wonder what we would benefit if upgrading to
> Oracle 8.
>
> I assume that this question have been around in this group several times
> before, so I am sorry for any repetions.
>
> If anyone have a great URL where the main differences from 7.3.4 and 8 is
> explained I would be very greateful.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> Christian Svensson
Received on Fri Aug 20 1999 - 08:13:02 CDT