Re: ORACLE 8 vs. 8i Port Question

8.0.5 has been desupported by Oracle. The current version is 8.0.6. This version is going to be the last version in Oracle 8.0, so the two year counter has started ticking for Oracle 8.0 (usually they vow to support it for two more years after the terminal release) So the're having a problem anyway (and you have that too obviously). Between Oracle 8.0 and Oracle 8i the database format didn't change, but Oracle 8i is a *completely different* product.

Regards
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Dagmar Anne Bogan" <dagmara_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8qapti$10d$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> My client just purchased a piece of COTS software (without my
> participation!) and discovered the company has 8.05 embedded in it. The
> problem: my client's data services only supports 8i. In looking at the
> writeups, it appears that 8i has some additional functionality that
> 8.05 does not. But what caught my eye is the statement that 8i is much
> faster performance wise, which makes me think there may some databases
> changes and there might be some impact on the deadline and budget for
> the COTS to be ported from 8.05 to 8i. Any comments would be
> appreciated!
>
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Received on Thu Sep 21 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT