Re: Which is the best choice, Oracle8i or Oracle9i for Oracle11i App?

Hi,

Thank you for the replies guys, your comments are very helpfull. I'll consider to keep the oracle8i as the database.

By the way, are there any technical problems when implement oracle11i using oracle9i? Does anyone has an experience with that?

Regards,
Rudy

pagesflames_at_usa.net (Dusan Bolek) wrote in message news:<1e8276d6.0307030853.3149dd1f_at_posting.google.com>...
> rudy_at_ecogreenoleo.co.id (Rudy Susanto) wrote in message news:<76281730.0307012000.259c5c6c_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am in dilemma now, our oracle app implementor suggest us to use the
> > oracle 8i for the database. As long as i know the oracle 8i will be
> > desupport by oracle corp. after 31 dec 2003.
> >
> > For other information, we bought 2 servers Sun SPARC machine, one for
> > the database and one for the application server.
> >
> > Do you have any suggestions for me which is the best for us, to use
> > the oracle8i or oracle9i?
>
> Guys before me vote as one man for 9i. I understand and agree with
> their points. However, I wouldn't rule 8i out of possibilities so
> easily. I think that maybe 8i can be even a better choice for you (and
> I will get harsh critics afterwards from others here for sure. :->).
> I know from my own experiences that Sy's suggestion to change the
> vendor is maybe the best solution, but for man in your position
> probably out of options. If your vendor will be responsible for all
> implementation, including tuning, DBA tasks etc. is maybe better not
> to force them to completely hostile environment.
> Yeah, I know that they should learn new skills, be in alignment with
> nowadays needs etc., but let's face the reality. This vendor will
> probably bring in some guy who spend last four years managing 8i
> databases and will know nothing about 9i. Company as whole probably
> never seen 9i before and can (hopefully) as trained monkeys do an
> implementation on 8i.
> Implementation of OFA in your company will be very painfull and
> challenging for them (and for you too), so maybe is a good idea to let
> trained monkeys do their job and do not force them to creativeness,
> because that's something trained monkeys are not good at and can
> easily leads to disaster.
> If we're talking about future and perspective of your company, is of
> course a safe bet to go to 9i, but if you will see that consultant
> company wouldn't be able to do this with solid chance for success,
> don't be rigorous. You wan't working instalation of 11i with as little
> pain as possible. You should also not forget, that if there will be
> (and they will be) any problems during implementation, it will be your
> fault and fault of 9i, because consultant is always right and innocent
> as a virgin from religious painting.
Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 23:18:17 CDT