Re: Most Prevalent Version of Oracle in use
From: earthink <info_at_siliconmindset.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:15:09 GMT
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 13:15:09 GMT
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Thanks Niall,
I probably should not have posted this question in this group (I also posted in another group) but this gives my a very good second opinion. Since I will be creating a loosely linked DB tier I could go with any backend but at first I have to provide a couple of objects for various databases (Oracle being one) for clients that use (or want to migrate to) Oracle for data over other types of DB systems
-- Bruce J Hafner http://www.siliconmindset.com Flow charting, Process Maps for Business "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3f41fcca$0$15039$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...Received on Tue Aug 19 2003 - 15:15:09 CEST
> "earthink" <info_at_siliconmindset.com> wrote in message
> news:9hg0b.819$kd3.635_at_newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> > What is the most prevalent version of Oracle Database Server in Use.
> > Looking make product compatible with largest user base.
>
> I don't know of any stats, but would guess that the largest single
installed
> base would be 8i -the lowest supported version. To make a product
compatible
> with the largest possible user base presumably you'd be looking at 7.3 or
> even earlier if possible since Oracle versions are generally backwardly
> compatible.
>
> I wouldn't do any new development on anything other than 9.2 these days,
> since 817 is about to be desupported.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
>
>