Re: Oracle Converstion

Arthur,
the process can be as smooth as you can only dream of, or it can turn to a worst nightmare... It all depends on the nature of data in your database, server-side code, client side app. logic, db size, etc, etc... In one word, it all depends on plenty of parameters.

Oracle has for once done a (bit) better job in insuring that people get some decent information about the migration process + the tools supplied. If you have a small database, you can just as well give it a try-and-error approach and see how it goes... If this is not the case or you want to be more reasonable, depending on the time you can spend on it, you could start by doing one or more of the following :

• getting familiar with most important new 8i features and how it affects v7.x and 8.0.x
• reading Oracle8i Getting to Know... (or a similar title)
• reading Oracle8i Migration
• searching the web and in particular Oracle Technet on the subject
• requesting all relevant documents from your Oracle support

I am planning to study a similar scenario...

Zarko

amerar_at_ci.chi.il.us wrote in message <7td2r7$d5$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
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>Hello,
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>We are about to move from Oracle 7 to Oracle 8i. We are going to
>install the Oracle 8i on a new machine and then do a full export/import
>of the database.
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>Does anyone know, or can anyone share their experiences if there was any
> problems concerning the versions or the differences between 7 & 8i that
>might help us out before we encounbter them ourselves?
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>Thanks,
>
>Arthur
>amerar_at_ci.chi.il.us
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Received on Tue Oct 05 1999 - 16:57:30 CDT