I was going to say what Daniel said, but on balance
you are probably disturbing a stable system.
Chaos normally ensues.
"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
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> Andy S wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > need to urgently replace servers without upgrading Oracle 7.2. Will this
> > version work on Solaris 8 or 9?
> > Has anyone done this ??
> >
> > TIA
> > Andy
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> Don't know. And I can't think of any reason I'd want to know. If it runs,
and I
> emphasize "if" it would be untested and unsuported. But then I guess that
doesn't
> bother your employer as with 7.2 you have a version of Oracle almost as
old as you are
> and they've been running unsupported for a decade or more.
>
> My advice would be to upgrade from 7.2 to, at a minimum, 8.1.7.4 if for no
other
> reason than the fact that your current resume is about as likely to get
you a new job
> as resume with experience in ALGOL and RPG II.
>
> If your firm is content to stay with a paleolithic database they should
feel equally
> comfortable staying with a neolithic operating system. I'd stay away from
any changes.
>
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Received on Mon May 26 2003 - 12:06:24 CDT
