Re: Downgrade Oracle 8i: 8.1.6.0.0 to 8.0.5

That is why Oracle provided the COMPATIBLE parameter in the initSID.ora

Daniel A. Morgan

Kirt Thomas wrote:

> 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 Fri Apr 20 2001 - 00:04:00 CDT