Re: Difficult migration question

Just forget about 7.3.4
It is going to be desupported at the end of this year, and the way binary objects are being stored has changed structurally between 7.3.4 and 8(i). You will find yourself rewriting your application, or you will end up with an application with obsolete datatypes in 8i.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Don Hunter" <News_at_HunterX.com> wrote in message news:sktkh7nue7f17_at_corp.supernews.com...
> I have an application that requires the storage of images within the
> database. From what little I know I believe I am best using 8.1.6 as
 opposed
> to 7.3.4. Unfortunately I will not have 8.1.6 available, on UNIX, until
> later this year.
> I have the option of developing it on an NT platform now in 8.1.6 then
> migrating it to the UNIX platform (my company's approved standard) later
> this year, or developing in 7.3.4, on UNIX, now and migrating to 8.1.6
 later
> this year.
>
> What I need is some sort of pro's and con's list, or some documentation
 that
> will help me determine what is the best approach.
>
> Could someone please point me at any documentation that will assist me.
>
> TIA
> T.D.Hunter
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 20 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST