Re: Re:Should we upgrade from 9.0.1.2 to 9.2?

Hello Cherie

I think that I saw somewhere that support for 9.0.1 will go away about June 2003 while support for 9iR2 will be until 2005.

Yechiel Adar
Mehish
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> Dick,
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> Thanks for your comments. So, the bottom line is that you are
> recommending moving from 9.0.1.2 to 9.2?
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> Cherie
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> Cherie,
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> For the most part I don't like using version X.0 at any point. Now in
> version 8, I did get onto 8.0.5, but I did wait for the .5 to show up.
> With 8i
> it's 8.1.6 that was our baseline although I'm a lot happier with 8.1.7.
> For 9i
> I won't touch anything before 9.2, which is waiting for a test home right
> now.
> On the other hand I think it's a pretty wise idea to be on the latest
> version
> before going into production since that way you have a longer period of
> time
> before having to upgrade again. I just like having some other poor slob
> find
> the bugs first.
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> Dick Goulet
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> Author: Cherie_Machler_at_gelco.com
> Date: 7/2/2002 5:58 AM
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>
> We have a couple of new applications in development that are moving to QA.
> These databases are currently running 9.0.1.2 on Sun Solaris 2.6. We've
> been pretty happy with this version to this point but are at a pivotal
spot
> in our product development cycle where we have a narrow window in which we
> could upgrade to 9.2 before we finish our QA cycle and move the
> application to production. We will be moving to production in the
> September timeframe.
>
> I know that 9.2 hasn't been out that long so I'm not sure how many people
> are using it. For those that are using it, what has your experience
been?
> Is it very buggy? Any major problems?
>
> We have an OLTP database, a smallish datawarehouse that uses partitioning,
> and some datamarts that also use partitioning. We do not use MTS or
> replication. Our character set is UTF8. We will be essentially 24 X 7.
> These are web-based front-ends.
>
> What do you guys think? This OLTP database is very mission critical for
> us, once it gets to production. Is it worth moving to 9.2 at this point
> or should we wait awhile until a couple more patchsets come out? How
long
> do people wait for a new release to settle before they move to it?
>
> Thanks for your feedback,
>
> Cherie Machler
> Oracle DBA
> Gelco Information Network
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