Re: Oracle 8i?

From: Steve Phelan <stevep_at_toneline.n-o-s-p-a-m.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:02:06 +0100
Message-ID: <372F7C6E.2A88CA5A@toneline.n-o-s-p-a-m.demon.co.uk>

Yep, we run 8 and 8i on AIX. Agree with your comments completely - stick with 8.0.5 for production, play with 8i until it becomes stable.

To the original poster: yes, you can put both on the same box. I recommend different users and groups for each version (just to be on the safe side).

Steve Phelan.

Kay Harris wrote:

> We recently upgraded to 8i (version 8.0.5) on Solaris 2.6. We encountered
> several bugs which forced us to downgrade back to our original version,
> 8.0.5.1.
>
> Our problems were in SQL-Loader, and in the Pro-C and Pro-COBOL
> pre-compilers.
>
> I recommend that you do NOT go to version 8i, until it becomes more stable.
> However, version 8.0.5.1 works fairly well.
>
> Jack Zhu <jackzhu_at_monmouth.com> wrote in message
> news:7gl9jb$b63$1_at_news.monmouth.com...
> > Two questions about Oarcle 8i:
> >
> > 1. If I want to upgrade from Oarcle 7.3.4(on Solaris), which version
> should
> > I choose: Oarcle 8 or Oracle 8i?why?
> >
> > 2. Can Oarcle 8i co-exist with Oarcle 8 in one machine?
> > (On Windows NT or Linux)
> >
> > Where can I find info about the above questions?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!!
> >
> > pls email me.
> >
> > jackzhu_at_monmouth.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
Received on Tue May 04 1999 - 18:02:06 CDT