Re: Best version to buy?

As for why Oracle still markets 7, I know from personal experience. There are a lot of large COTS applications that interface with an Oracle database. The companies that produce these software packages have to validate that their product maintains stable functionality before approving it for use on a newer Oracle database. These companies will generally not support or guarantee the product if you try to use a version of the Oracle database that they have not validated it on. Hope this helps shed a little light on one of your questions!

Jeff S

Ted Brooks <tbrooks_at_ibm.net> wrote in message news:378abe85_at_news1.us.ibm.net...
> Hi! I am looking to purchase a version of Personal Oracle for Win 98 for
> self-training. While my initial reaction would be to buy the latest and
> greatest (8i), I need to be able to support 7.3.4, as my company just
> implemented Applications 10.7 on this database version. What are the
major
> differences between the versions? If each one is an improvement, why does
> Oracle still market all three versions (7,8,and 8i)? And If I did
purchase
> and create databases using 8i, will they be compatible with my 7.3.4
> enterprise system?
> Bottom line: Which one should I buy??
> Sorry for the newbie question, but I am relatively new to the world of
> oracle!! Thanks.
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 21:29:26 CDT