Re: anyone else get told they have to wait 4 months for a bug fix?

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:11:01 +0100
Message-ID: <7765c8970405240811a3a2615@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:56:28 -0400, ryan.gaffuri_at_cox.net <ryan.gaffuri_at_cox.net> wrote:
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> This is in production... and we transport large tablespaces daily. Can you believe this? We will have serious interruptions in service.

Yes I can believe this. Do you really want Oracle to modify core parts of the system quickly and on a one-off basis. Would the resulting db be upgradeable to 9206 or to 10? Are you confident that the testing of a one off pack is as thorough as the testing for a patchset for all customers and all platforms?

In the meantime the 2 available workarounds appear clear.

Don't use RAC.
Use windows not *nix.

One of these workarounds may make more sense than the other....

Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

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