Re: The Upgrade from 8.0.5.0.0 to 8.0.2.6.4

Dino Hsu <dino1_at_ms1.hinet.net> wrote in message news:8r1qri$gil1d$1_at_ID-41926.news.cis.dfn.de...
> Dear all,
>
> I have just upgraded Oracle EE from 8.0.5.0.0 to 8.0.2.6.4 for Windows NT.
 I
> have some questions.
> After the upgrade, the instruction says that I have to run the following
> scripts in $ORA_HOME\RDBMS80\ADMIN directory:
> catalog.sql
> catproc.sql
> catexp.sql
> catoctk.sql
> caths.sql
> catrep.sql (only applicable for sites running Oracle Replication)
> I did, and there are 234017 lines in the log file. There are some error or
> warning messages, too, but I think it is probably ok.

Well, if *you* think that they are OK, why are you asking us about them?

 Can anyone tell me why
> these scripts are necessary?

Because of the internal changes to Oracle between versions of the product.

Are you sure that you've backwards from 8.0.5 to 8.0.2 ??

> By the way, there are 2 word files updated: README.DOC & READMEMIG.DOC in
> $ORA_HOME\RDBMS80 directory, do you think it is necessary for me to read
> them?

No, they're probably put there to keep the hard disk balanced or something!

Is this a wind-up?

Andy

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