Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Sybrand Bakker Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Oracle 7.3.3.6 to Oracle 9i on Solaris 2.6 Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 20:10:04 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: postbus@sybrandb.demon-verwijderdit.nl References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 46 Xref: easynews comp.databases.oracle.server:157293 X-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:07:48 MST (news.easynews.com) On 8 Aug 2002 05:42:06 -0700, patrick.philpott@orcinc.com (Patrick) wrote: >Sybrand Bakker wrote in message news:... >> On 7 Aug 2002 13:18:23 -0700, patrick.philpott@orcinc.com (Patrick) >> wrote: >> >> >Can I go from Oracle 7.3 to Oracle 9i or would you recommend going to >> >8i and get that stable and then goto 9i ? >> > >> >Would I need to install patches for 9i only on my OS or for both 8i >> >and 9i. >> > >> > >> >Thanks Patrick >> >> Wouldn't recommend doing that. Oracle 9i might even not be certified >> against 2.6, which is going to be desupported by Sun at the end of >> this year. >> I would upgrade to 8.1.7, upgrade Solaris to 2.8, stay on 8i for a >> while (you will be schocked) and only then do the 9i hassle. >> If you go the straight way you might end up with a 7.3 database in a >> 9i cloack. >> >> Hth >> >> >> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA >> >> To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address > >Thanks for the replay Sybrand, but I have on question "(you will be schocked)" >Why will I be shocked ? The New Features for Oracle 8i course is 4 days. The New Features for Oracle 9i course is another 5 days. Need I say more? You won't be able to digest them on your own, they are way to many, and before you have digested them Oracle will release 10i :) Regards Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address