Re: Help needed with Import/Export

"Burton Peltier" <burttemp1REMOVE_THIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<hriYa.18191$Ee7.10956_at_fe02.atl2.webusenet.com>...
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> "Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message
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> > "Burton Peltier" <burttemp1REMOVE_THIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> > > Just a little clarification on "what is support"... doing this from
> memory
> > > and you really should read the Metalink docs on this subject for more
> > > detailed information.
> > >
> > > Oracle has full support (ECS=Error Correction Support) and almost full
> > > support (ES=Extended Support). I think the main difference is with ES,
> they
> > > will not fix any new bugs you may find. Actually, there are other
> > > differences like no certification with new versions of OSs. Again, you
> > > really should read the Metalink docs on this.
> > >
> > > Also, there is another option which is more like ECS (called
> EMS=Extended
> > > Maintenance Support), but it costs extra.
> > >
> > > ECS ended 12/31/2000 for 7.3.4 and ES ends 12/31/2003 . So, you are
> really
> > > on a halfway-supported version.
> > >
> > > ECS ends 12/31/2003 for 8.1.7 and ES ends 12/31/2006 .
> >
> > To clarify a little further:
> >
> > You should check the Certify and Compatibility option at metalink. In
> > general, some of these extended supports only work if you have never
> > interrupted your support contract. In particular, check the matrix
> > for your OS, I took a quick look and it appears it is not certified
> > beyond 8i. So you should seriously consider an OS upgrade in the very
> > near future. cdo.server and other boards are very useful, but when
> > crunch time comes you want to be supported.
> >
>
> Never would have thought of interrupting support of Oracle in the large
> corporation I work in...
>
> Good point about the OS and upgrading.

Thanks for not noticing I goofed in the attribution, the "your" I was referring to was the OP Kathi :-)

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> Years ago, we had an old HP 755 that couldn't be upgraded to the latest
> HP-UX 11.0 . I think that was when we wanted to go to 8i and 8i required
> HP-UX 11.0 . So, we had to replace the hardware, which was needed anyway.
> Amazing how long those machines ran and with amazingly high availability.

Yeah, that's why I still work on them :-)

For anyone curious about which hp-ux on which HP (I meant to post this in an earlier thread but forgot to paste before posting):

http://devrsrc1.external.hp.com/STK/serversupport.html

Don't know where a 755 goes in there, so I guess that means it doesn't.

jg

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