Re: Oracle 9i Release 2: 9.0.2 or 9.2.0?

From: Hemant K Chitale <hkchital_nospam_at_singnet_nospam.com.sg>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 23:05:53 +0800
Message-ID: <acqu1m$205$1@coco.singnet.com.sg>

With 9iRelease2, the second digit is the ReleaseNumber for the database server while the third digit is the Release Number for the application server.

From the 9iRelease2 Database Administrator's Guide :

Release Number Format
To understand the release level nomenclature used by Oracle, examine the following example of an Oracle database server labeled "Release 9.2.0.1.0."

Figure 1-1 Example of an Oracle Release Number

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      Note:
      Starting with release 9.2, maintenance releases of Oracle are denoted

by a change to the second digit of a release number. In previous releases, the third digit indicated a particular maintenance release.

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Major Database Release Number
This is the most general identifier. It represents a major new edition (or version) of the software that contains significant new functionality.

Database Maintenance Release Number
This digit represents a maintenance release level. Some new features may also be included.

Application Server Release Number
This digit reflects the release level of the Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS).

Component Specific Release Number
This digit identifies a release level specific to a component. Different components can have different numbers in this position depending upon, for example, component patch sets or interim releases.

Platform Specific Release Number
This digit identifies a platform specific release. Usually this is a patch set. Where different platforms require the equivalent patch set, this digit will be the same across the effected platforms.

Hemant K Chitale

"chao_ping" <chao_ping_at_163.com> wrote in message news:3cef2ba3$1_at_usenetgateway.com...
> Just for curiosity. The first release of oracle 9i is 9.0.1, and not it
> is the second release, oracle said it is 9.2.0, why anouced it as 9.2.0,
> but not 9.1.0 or 9.0.2? Is that greate improvement like from oracle8.0.x
> to oracle 8.1.x?
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