Re: problems with reinstallations with bitmap option and paralell-select option

From: Harald Buesching <harald.buesching.hb_at_germany.agfa.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2002 00:07:16 -0800
Message-ID: <3bd6f795.0203060007.7b548725@posting.google.com>

Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:<hp2a8uksfbh19s29jrsad43i3ofdufomnt_at_4ax.com>...
> On 5 Mar 2002 08:39:50 -0800, harald.buesching.hb_at_germany.agfa.com
> (Harald Buesching) wrote:
>
> >Some days ago we went from 8.0.5.00 to 8.0.5.26 on NT.
> >Before applying the patch the plan was to install the bitmap and
> >paralell select
> >option. But we didn't find them!
> >There were several menues, and when we chose the RDB or maybe Database
> >server product from our CD, we only had a chance to install the
> >spatial option and other stuff.
> >
> >The only idea I have that we went years ago (Nobody knows nothing here
> >about the installation, and it was before my time) from something like
> >7.XXXX via
> >8.0.0 to 8.0.5 and these two options are now not avaible for us.
> >
> >Has anybody an idea how to install the desired options?
> >
> >(Don't tell me that we should upgrade because the version is not
> >supported!)
> >
> >Greetings from merry old Cologne, Harald Buesching.
>
> Most likely you have the 8.0.5 workgroup edition for NT (can be
> verified with a select * from v$version). This edition doesn't contain
> the bitmap option and the parallel query option, you need Oracle
> Enterprise Edition for this.
> From the version you are quoting and your additional comments, I guess
> your company is still accepting DM as valid currency.
> I don't know how you are going to convince Oracle to sell you 8.0.5
> Enterprise. Probably you should just learn to live with your workgroup
> edition and keep running sw as old as Cologne. Evidently it will show
> on your resume.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
> To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address

Thank you for your advice!
Sadly the whole programm and the server will be extinguished in about a year.
We bought 8.0.5 about 4 years ago, (I entered the enterprise in 2001.),
so running 8.0.5. without further payment and discoveries of new bugs should be allright for us.
I am almost sure that we have the Enterprise Edition. I did what Sybrand proposed with this result:

BANNER

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Oracle8 Release 8.0.5.2.1 - Production
PL/SQL Release 8.0.5.2.0 - Production
CORE Version 4.0.5.0.0 - Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 8.0.5.0.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 3.3.2.0.0 - Production

I see nothing of the above things.

I think that Sybrand is on the wrong track because as I pointed out we could
install the spatial option.

Greetings Harald. Received on Wed Mar 06 2002 - 02:07:16 CST