Niall Litchfield wrote:
>
> "Herman Rollfs of Roelofs" <roelofs223_at_zonnet.nl> wrote in message
> news:kilPa.4446$w3.1333828_at_zonnet-reader-1...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I am considering to upgrade my databases from 8.1.7.4 to 9i. It is easy to
> > find reasons for doing so, Oracle provides plenty of documents, such as
> the
> > new features summaries for release 1 and 2. But it is hard to find reasons
> > why I might not want to upgrade, Oracle certainly won't tell me (easily).
> > Do you know of any reasons why I should not upgrade?
>
> You have an application not certified for 9i. Of course come December you
> then have a choice between a certified app and a supported platform.
>
> You are running into a lack of hardware resources currently. 9i will likely
> take more.
>
> You haven't purchased a perpetual licence.
>
> You will be the first person ever to run your app on 9i.
>
> None of the new features is applicable to you. flashback query,RAC,583
> archive destinations who needs all that?
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
Its very important for those of us who 'work' the presentation circuit
:-)
--
=========================
Connor McDonald
http://www.oracledba.co.uk
"Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue"
Received on Fri Jul 11 2003 - 05:11:19 CDT
