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
Option 4:
Install 8.1.7
shutdown the database
change ORACLE_HOME etc etc to point to the 8.1.7 ORACLE_HOME
startup the database
You shouldn't have to rebuild the database when moving to a minor release
Rachel
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