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Good point.
I had assumed the Oracle support issue but it is far better that you have stated it explicitly.
Daniel A. Morgan
Bastiaan Schaap wrote:
> 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
> news:Ebcy6.262$ndm.7930121_at_news.xtra.co.nz...
> > 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
> >
> >
Received on Tue Apr 03 2001 - 17:04:42 CDT