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Re: warning about compatible= parameter on HP

From: Torsten Borchert <T.Borchert_at_DeutschePost.de>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:16:29 +0200
Message-ID: <35ACABAD.6C3600C8@DeutschePost.de>


Oracle-Support tell us, that 7.3.2.1 is very very buggy and not longer supportet.

axnels2_at_uswest.com wrote:
>
> I would like to warn you about <compatible> parameter that should be
> specified in the init.ora files for your databases. One of the databases I
> am supporting is v7.3.2.1 on HP10.20. The database was originally created
> without the compatible flag set. When we determined that some of the
> features can only become available with compatible flag set to 7.3.0.0 I have
> decided to set that value as it was recommended. Guess what? When the
> database was restarted, everything appeared to be ok, until someone tried to
> execute a DDL command, such as create table. The result was a boatload of
> ORA-00600. We all love those. After sorting through the trace files I
> determined that my dictionary is corrupt. The odd thing is that you can read
> the database, but you could not write to it. No way to get around that. I
> clinched my teeth and proceeded to recreate the database from the export.
>
> So be warned.
>
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Received on Wed Jul 15 1998 - 08:16:29 CDT

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