"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
news:3d04078c$0$28008$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> In article <b3cb12d6.0206091644.76926b5f_at_posting.google.com>, you said
> (and I quote):
>
> > To make this thread continue to be of technical rather than political
> > nature, I'd really want to know if someone has a clue why Oracle
> > doesn't allow us to move datafiles between Windows2000 and WindowsNT.
> > It's proved to be working fine, although not by rigorous testing. If
> > Oracle approves it, it may potentially save a lot of customers' time.
>
> NTFS itself has changed between NT and W2K. There are some very
> fundamental differences on how it allocates and references files. This
> was done mostly for the benefit of sql server and to properly support
> quotas, but of course it also affects Oracle.
> So, I'd be vewy reluctant in moving files between the two. One never
> knows with M$...
IIRC NTFS has been known to change with service packs! That's why its known
as Never The .. Same.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Mon Jun 10 2002 - 02:55:49 CDT
