Re: Upgrade to 8.1.7.2 on Linux -- an interesting happening

Maybe it's a way for Larry to get more $$. Next they will send out an audit ferret and say that everyone who applied the patch now owes them for an upgrade. ;-)

Rodd

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On 9/20/01, 5:20:19 PM, "Weaver," Walt <wweaver_at_rightnow.com> wrote regarding Upgrade to 8.1.7.2 on Linux -- an interesting happening:

> Today we upgraded one of our 8.1.7.0.1 _STANDARD EDITION_ distributions
on a
> test server to 8.1.7.2.

> An interesting thing happened.

> After we brought up the test database we had running on the machine, it
came
> up indicating that we were running the _ENTERPRISE EDITION_ of Oracle. A
> query of v$option showed that we were, indeed, running the Enterprise
> Edition of Oracle.

> Just for grins, we restored the old 8.1.7.0.1 distribution, brought up
the
> old database, and it was running under the Standard Edition.

> Has anyone else done an upgrade to 8.1.7.2? Anyone notice the same thing?

> We think it's great of Oracle to provide us a patch allowing us to
> seamlessly switch to the Enterprise Edition.

> Somehow, though, I don't think that's what they're trying to do here...

> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana
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