Re: 8.0.5.0.0 and bitmap-index

"Harald Buesching" <harald.buesching.hb_at_germany.agfa.com> wrote in message news:3bd6f795.0109120128.56220cbb_at_posting.google.com...
> We are running 8.0.5.0.0 on NT. Because the application is a kind of
> Data Warehouse system, we should use 'bitmap-indexes' and 'parallel
> Select', but Oracle turned them off 3 years ago when they installed
> the machine.
> While reading the readme.txt from the Patch 8.0.5.2.6 I discovered
> that there are lots of bugs with 'bitmap-indexes' and 'parallel
> Select'. Could it be true that you shouldn't use these features in
> 8.0.5.0.0 ?
> Is 8.0.5.2.6 okay?
> After I'll get access to the machine in about 2 months I'll install
> the two features and directly afterward the patch. Some comments?

8.0.5 has been desuppported more than a year ago.
8.0.6 will follow end of this month
8.1.6 end of next month.

Upgrade to 8.1.7 or get extended assistance support for Oracle.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Wed Sep 12 2001 - 11:53:02 CDT