I wouldn't disagree with that, actually. The only thing is that moving from
9.0.1 to 9.1 (or whatever "9i release 2", assuming there will be one, is
called), will be a minor migration, not a major upgrade.
Regards
HJR
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"John Darrah" <jdarrah_at_veripost.net> wrote in message
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> The only place I would disagree here is the desupport argument. I would
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> "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
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> > 9i. It's robust, has lots of nice new features, can be migrated
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> > from 7.3.4 (despite what the Oracle documentation itself says), and in
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> > crucial areas is much more scalable than 8i (I'm thinking of dedicated
> > agents for external procedures, multi-threaded heterogeneous service
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> > 8.1.7 is de-supported in 2 years' time. Might as well hitch a ride on
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> > Regards
> > HJR
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> > "Thomas" <thomas.hiller_at_warema.de> wrote in message
> > news:6e366956.0112060715.62df1b88_at_posting.google.com...
> > > Hello,
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> > > i have a more basic question. We currently run an very old Oracle
> > > Server Version (7.3.4.1). Now we plan to migrate to a more up to date
> > > version. Therefore my question is what Oracle Version to choose (8.1.7
> > > or 9i). What are the advantages or disadvantages of the particular
> > > versions. Let me know your experince about that.
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> > > The main criteria is stability, the second is to improve the handling
> > > of very big tables, the third the scalability - because it is
> > > preditctable that the database is growing rapidly in the future
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> > > What would you advice me ?
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> > > Regards
> > > Thomas
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