Re: V7.0 -> V7.1 any problems?
Date: 1995/04/19
Message-ID: <h2zeRyo.briantc_at_delphi.com>#1/1
Stephan Okhuijsen <okhuijsen_at_twice.nl> writes:
>We need to upgrade our version 7.0.16 RDBMS to version 7.1.4
>It's on a ICL DRS6000 with a sparc. Unix V 7.2
>Can this be done without any trouble, or are there certain things wich could
>go wrong.
>Comment and suggestions needed!
We've always followed the same upgrade procedure and it seems to work quite well - even upgrading from V6 to V7.
- Create a brand new database under your new oracle version
- Export from the old one and import to the new one
- Switch your users accross as and when you feel the need.
We've been doing this now to switch versions for a number of years and have yet to encounter any serious problems.
The only "nasty" we've found so far when going from 7.0.16 to 7.1 is with stored procedures - the syntax and structure checking is far stricter under 7.1 - some of the stunts your developers got away with under 7.0.16 may no longer be valid. But then again that's their problem.....
Oracle accept it's a bug in 7.0.16 - it's not as tough on you as it should be.
Best of Luck
BC Received on Wed Apr 19 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST