Re: Ora7 upgrade ?

From: sean <sean_at_kistem.po.my>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:33:11 +0800
Message-ID: <9l7hun$651$1@news6.jaring.my>

Thanks.
Is there major differences between oracle 734 and 817 ? Do I need to do a lot data patch when migrate to 817 ?

Thanks again
sean

Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:997156700.28126.0.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl...
>
> Oracle 7.3.4 has been desupported and has never been certified against
> win2k, and won't be certified against win2k.
> Due to desupport notices, you should go at least to 8.1.7 right away.
> As 8.0 is a major upgrade (the format of the rowid changes!!!),
'installing
> some patches' won't help.
> The only thing that will help is install the full 8.1.7, export the 7.3.4
> database and import it into 8.1.7.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Sun Aug 12 2001 - 22:33:11 CDT