Re: Which version of Oracle 8 to choose and why?

I agree with Daniel, however I would keep in mind that if you have Oracle support, you have to have a certified hard-/software platform on which your database resides. E.g. if you have Oracle 8.1.5 installed on windows2000 you will not get support. It'll probably work fine, but if some problems occur, Oracle will not provide support, because 8.1.5 is not certified on Windows2000. You should keep this in mind also.. Choosing 8i release 3 (8.1.7) is fine offcourse (if Baan supports it), but be sure that the platform you are running on is certified with 8.1.7. If you do not have, or do not wish to have Oracle support, you should go ahead and choose whatever latest version Baan supports.

HTH,

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"Jason Seeley" <me_at_127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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> We are currently running version Oracle 7.3.4 on an Alpha processor (64

 bit)


> running Digital Unix 4.0f. With the de-supporting (sp?) of version 7 we

 have


> decided to upgrade to version 8.

>

> We use Baan finacial and manufacturing software which uses the oracle

> database. I have checked with Baan support and they tell me that our

 current


> version of Baan will run on Oracle 7 or 8. They would not specify a

> particular version of 8 to use.

>

> So my question to all of you good folk is this:

>

> How do I decide which version of Oracle 8 do I go with and why?

>

> I have searched Oracle technet high and low, I have read dozens of pages

> telling me the different features between products, but none tell me why I

> should choose one version over another, and of course they do not mention

> any problems I may experience if I choose the wrong one..

>

> If anybody has any advice, suggestions or horror stories they may have

> experienced when making a similar decision I would appreciate a reply.

>

> Regards

> Jason

>

>