Re: Upgrade v6.37 to 7.1 on HP-UX 9.0
From: Dan Legault <danleg_at_magi.com>
Date: 1995/06/17
Message-ID: <DAAqH1.827_at_magi.com>#1/1
> We are contemplating a version 6.37 to 7.1 Oracle upgrade on the
> HPUX 9.0 platform - in fact we have no choice with 6 being desupported.
>
> Anybody got any pitfalls, war stories etc , particularly for the HP platform ?
> I know of the PRO*C and the fetching of null values issue. Your input would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> andrew
>
> astubbs_at_stusoft.iaccess.za
>
Date: 1995/06/17
Message-ID: <DAAqH1.827_at_magi.com>#1/1
root_at_stusoft.iaccess.za (Stusoft System Admin) wrote:
>
> We are contemplating a version 6.37 to 7.1 Oracle upgrade on the
> HPUX 9.0 platform - in fact we have no choice with 6 being desupported.
>
> Anybody got any pitfalls, war stories etc , particularly for the HP platform ?
> I know of the PRO*C and the fetching of null values issue. Your input would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> andrew
>
> astubbs_at_stusoft.iaccess.za
>
Do not use the Oracle "upgrade procedure". It is very crappy. Use export/import instead. Before you import the data into the 7.1 database you must recreate the tables with varchar2 instead of char columns. Received on Sat Jun 17 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST