Re: Ora7 upgrade ?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 05:58:18 +0200
Message-ID: <997156700.28126.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>

"sean" <sean_at_kistem.po.my> wrote in message news:9knmu9$16l$1_at_news6.jaring.my...
> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know Oracle7.3.4 works on Win2k, or not ?
>
> How to migrate Oracle7.3.4 to Oracle8 or 9 ? By installing some patches ?
>
> Thanks
> sean
>
>

Oracle 7.3.4 has been desupported and has never been certified against win2k, and won't be certified against win2k. Due to desupport notices, you should go at least to 8.1.7 right away. As 8.0 is a major upgrade (the format of the rowid changes!!!), 'installing some patches' won't help.
The only thing that will help is install the full 8.1.7, export the 7.3.4 database and import it into 8.1.7.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Mon Aug 06 2001 - 22:58:18 CDT