Re: Downgrade Oracle 8i: 8.1.6.0.0 to 8.0.5

LOL - all very funny :)

But, odds are he's in a situation where a third party application is not supported on 8.1.6, and the company has to downgrade the db, to get the app working again.

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 22:55:32 -0700, "Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote:

>Possibly. Provided you have not used any functionality present in 8.1.6
>than did not exist in 8.0.5.
>
>But I can not think of any rational reason for doing so. What do you
>expect to gain? Less functionality? Slower execution speed? No support
>from Oracle? A resume that demonstrates no knowledge of the current
>version?
>
>What I think you should be asking is about upgrading to 8.1.7 now or
>waiting a few months for 9i.
>
>Daniel A. Morgan
>
>
>
>Jens Wollenweber wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a DB-Instance running on Oracle 8.1.6.0.0. (Win NT 4.0)
>>
>> Is it possible to make this Instance run under Oracle 8.0.5?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Jens
Received on Thu Apr 19 2001 - 13:33:17 CDT