Re: Versionning with Oacle

Perfect, thxs !!

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:16:33 +0200, Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote:

>Phil ]FR[ wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a poor beginner who have just this little question.
>>
>> How works the versioning with oracle ?
>>
>> 9.2.0.6.0
>> A.B.C.D.E
>>
>> A= Version
>> B= Release
>> C= ????
>> D= Patchset
>> E= ????
>>
>> Thx
>> Phil
>
>Not quite...
>
>A release has a version number, which is 3 digits:
>Oracle 8i, Release 1: Version 8.1.5
>Oracle 8i, Release 2: Version 8.1.6
>Oracle 8i, Release 3: Version 8.1.7
>
>Oracle 9i, Release 1: Version 9.0.1
>Oracle 9i, Release 2: Version 9.2.0
>*) There has never been a version 9.1!
>
>Then - you have patch levels. e.g. 8.1.7.4 (Major), or
>8.1.7.4.1 (minor).
>Patches come in patches, or patchsets, which
>*usually* are cumulative; that is patchset
>8.1.7.4 can be installed over the baseline,
>being 8.1.7.0.0, and contains all previous patchsets.
>A patchset can also be installed over another patchset:
>9.2.0.6 can be installed over the baseline (9.2.0.1) or
>over a patch version (e.g. 9.2.0.5).
>
>Patches are one-off, need a certain patch level to be
>installed upon, and generally carry the warning "not to
>install, unless the problem applies"
>
>Summary:
>Version = A.B.C,
>patchlevel= D.E
Received on Mon Apr 25 2005 - 14:38:07 CDT