Re: Upgrade to 8.1.7 or 9i

Loosely June 2002 based on an Openworld presentation (Andy Mendelson) for 9i.2 - didn't say whether that was "release" or "announcement"

Cheers
Connor

"Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message news:3c10fde9$0$29051$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> I wouldn't disagree with that, actually. The only thing is that moving
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> 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.
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> Regards
> HJR
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> "John Darrah" <jdarrah_at_veripost.net> wrote in message
> news:937cc2e72915e32fa792d3cc8ae7b6aa.36240_at_mygate.mailgate.org...
> > The only place I would disagree here is the desupport argument. I would
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> > considering 8.1.7 is the terminal release of 8i and 9.0.1 is the first
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> > "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
> > news:3c0fcd82$0$29048$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
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> > > 9i. It's robust, has lots of nice new features, can be migrated
> directly to
> > > 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
> agents,
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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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> > > newest version of the product, other things being equal.
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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.
> > > >
> > > > 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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