Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

> FYI, one of our customers bought Oracle 8.0.3 for Netware to host our
> database and was basically dead in the water for 6 weeks because of
> unpredictable ORA-602 errors. Even with an exact duplicate of his data on
> our NT 8.0.3 system, we could not reproduce the problem, and the Oracle
TAR
> on the issue ended up being closed without a solution.
>
> Our "fix" was to move the poor soul back to Oracle 7.3.4. So much for
Oracle
> on Netware...

Mladen Gogala wrote in message <3732E0CD.E868C49B_at_earthlink.net>...
> >8.0.3 was the first version of Oracle8. Version 8.0.5.1 works very fine.
> >Upgrading
> >to the first version of anything is dangerous. Does anyone remember the
> >demo given
> >by Bill Gates about then new Windows 98? The one when PC crashed on
> >national TV
> >when such an exotic operation as connecting the scanner was attempted?
> >That is
> >what happens with the first version of anything.
> >Upgrading to the first version of anything isn't very smart.
> >--
> >Mladen Gogala

Our customer was told 8.0.5.1 was not yet available for NetWare. Incidentally, we continue to recommend 7.3.4 (mainly because it stable and has everything we need). For some reason customers seem to think newer is better. Sigh.

rb Received on Fri May 07 1999 - 09:52:36 CDT