Re: Upgrade from Version 6 to 8: help needed urgently!

The upgrade from 7 to 8 is not bad. But first you have to go from 6 to 7. And THAT, is a bear.

There's a whole migration book for 6 to 7, and most of it is necessary steps to go through. For example, the char datatype became varchar2. You've got to check all your apps. Etc...

I did 6 to 7 once (and I've done 7 to 8 many many times). Read the book and good luck.

Yosi

anahiandreu wrote:

> Hi, I asked this before, but realised I gave an incorrect e-mail return
> address.
>
> Basically, does anyone have any advice to give on performing an upgrade
> from Oracle
> 6 to 8, and forms 3 to 6, Reports 1 to 3?
>
> I will also be upgrading from OS/2 to NT4 (!)
>
> I suspect this means I need to go the Export/Import path, as I am going
> between operating systems, and cannot use the Oracle migration utility.
> And if I did this, I could go straight from versions 6 to 8?
>
> Also, are export files compatible between Oracle 6 and 8? Surely yes?
>
> How easy is it, what are things to watch out for, where could I get more
>
> information?
>
> Should I do it in one step, or intermediate steps (eg O6 - O7 - O8)?
>
> Please give me a quick response, I need to know within the next 12
> hours, really...
>
> You could e-mail me at ajmnews_at_hotmail.com, or post a reply here.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alister Miller
>
> P.S. E-mail response preferred. (alnews_at_hotmail.com)
Received on Thu Oct 14 1999 - 13:19:26 CDT