Re: 7.x on NT 3.51

Robert Wolfe wrote:
>
> Dieter Oberkofler wrote:
> >
> > Just don't use any 7.1 Versions of Oracle on Windows NT. (They don't work)
> >
>
> That is just a load of crap!
> I have used 7.1 on 3.5 and 3.51 with minimal problems other than trying
> to run it on a server which was too overloaded in the first place
>
> Why do you have this loving view of Oracle 7.1 and NT
>
> --
> Robert Wolfe robwolfe_at_fox.nstn.ca
> DMR Group Inc
> 97 Brookfield Avenue
> Dartmouth, NS

[This is a copy of the message send to the originator of this subject]

I just wanted to warn about my experiences with the initial version 7.1.

Some of the basic stuff that does not work under 7.1 and seems to work on 7.2 or later:

o Most ANALYZE TABLE statements using an index produce a GPF in the Oracle Server. o The server is relatively slow and consumes mutch more memory than on NetWare. o Most oracle utilities (SQLDBA and SQL*Plus) aren't 32Bit applications. o SQL*Net V2 with SPX has lots of errors. o The cost based optimizer has lots of errors and basically

        does not optimize correctly in a lot of situations.

I had big troubles in changing from 7.1.x for NetWare to 7.1.x for Windows NT. Most of them seem to be solved with 7.2.x.

Dieter Oberkofler
Software Engineer

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