Re: Advice on going about a minor upgrade.

2002-05-02 Thread Rachel_Carmichael
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RE: Advice on going about a minor upgrade.

2002-05-02 Thread Seefelt, Beth
I did this exact upgrade a very short time ago, using Option1. It worked just fine. I would add step (6a) install patches up to 8.1.7.3., after the database has moved to the new version. I would stay away from Option2. You have no fallback. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 02

Advice on going about a minor upgrade.

2002-05-02 Thread James Damiano
Greetings fellow-DBAs, We have a web application which exists on a Windows/NT 4 box running Oracle Standard Server 8.1.6. A new application to be added to that platform needs Oracle 8.1.7 (They've even specified needing Patch Set 8.1.7.2.1 and ODBC driver 8.01.74.00). I have just ordered the O