Re: About LMT's -- nice article

From: koert54 <nospam_at_nospam.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 09:56:22 GMT
Message-ID: <afJ3a.54282$Jd.6222@afrodite.telenet-ops.be>

> There are still a LOT of users out there using 8.0
> (or even 7.3, as incredible as that may sound!)

hehe - we still even have over 150+ 7.2.3 databases running :-)

"Noons" <nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:Xns9324CABA9FAF6Tokenthis_at_210.49.20.254...
> Following up on Stan, 16 Feb 2003:
>
> > http://www.dbazine.com/jlewis8.html
>
>
> really have a problem with the opening paragraph
> of that article:
>
>
> LMTs were NOT introduced in Oracle 8.
>
>
> They were introduced in Oracle 8i. And they only really
> became sufficiently debugged to be usable, with 8.1.7.4.
> There is, like, nearly four years in-between! Read metaclick
> patch bundle bug descriptions if you think they were usable
> in production before that.
>
>
> There is no point to be made in omitting the fact that LMTs are
> relatively "new" in Oracle terms, just for the sake of
> encouraging their use.
>
>
> There are still a LOT of users out there using 8.0
> (or even 7.3, as incredible as that may sound!)
> and this sort of thing can cause problems to their DBAs
> if it is read by someone that doesn't know the full story!
>
> Not nice: in most cases, it is NOT the dba's fault that
> managers have systematically refused to upgrade!
>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam
Received on Sun Feb 16 2003 - 03:56:22 CST