Re: Becoming an Oracle DBA (part 3)

True 8i is wonderful for that, but if your software vendor will not support you because you moved off of 7.3.4 and their software gives new meaning to buggy. You don't move. I did try upgrading the dev box to 8.0, there were too many problems to make it worth while.

Liz

In article <39f536b2$1_at_news.iprimus.com.au>, howardjr_at_www.com says...
> The theory is fine, Liz, and to that extent I agree with you. However, if
> you want to transport a tablespace, move a table without having to recreate
> all indexes, triggers and permissions, or investigate the redo logs with a
> view to total data recovery -guess what? You have to have 8i... and if
> you're going to have 8i, you'd best have the version that works (ie 8.1.6).
>
> There is a wealth of new stuff in 8i that warrants the upgrade on its own.
> Just mho
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> "Liz Reen" <lizr_at_geologist.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.145e1a025f1cf38e989694_at_news.supernews.com...
> > In article <39f049d4_at_news.iprimus.com.au>, howardjr_at_www.com says...
> > > Without wishing to seem trite, my only real suggestion is to drop Oracle
 8
> > > as quickly as possible, and install 8.1.6 or better, and concentrate on
 the
> > > 8i material.
> > >
> > > I speak as one who thought the sun was 8.0.x but who has recently
 discovered
> > > that it was merely a stepping stone to the much better things in 8i.
> > Just remember that a whole pile of the real world is stuck on 7.3.4 for a
> > variety of good reasons. I could wish I was on 8i, but until the
> > software vendor puts out an 8i version, I'm stuck with 7.3.4.
> >
> > My advice is learn how things work. If you understand the theory behind
> > the program it does not matter what the program is. Databases are
> > databases be they Oracle, Sybase, or SQL Server. I have worked on 7
> > different operating systems in my career. Once I understood the theory
> > it was very easy to learn another one.
> >
> >
> > Liz
>
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 30 2000 - 08:38:50 CST