Re: Upgrade 8.0.5 to 8.1.6

Ed,

If your databases are more than a couple of gig, upgrading is faster.

If over 10 gig, don't even think about importing it.

Jared

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 13:15, Ed wrote:
> Yes, I agree 100%, but people here are concerned that upgrading will
> "break" the database, and we have to QUICKLY move everything over to 8.1.6.
> (Long story). What I was really after in my original question was: why is
> the upgrade script a better solution than just recreating the tablespaces
> in 8.1.6 and importing from an export of the old database? Does it just
> save time? Is there a downside to using export/import this way?
>
> Best!
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Thapliyal
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:20 PM
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>
> Ed,
>
> the whole point of compatable is to mimick behaviour
> of an older release .. like optimizer plans etc.
> upgrading the db would be the way to go for this..
> like many have already pointed out
>
> Deepak
>
> --- Ed <mrclark_at_xnet.com> wrote:
> > A DBA here is trying to upgrade several 8.0.5
> > databases to 8.1.6
> > by using export/import. This will probably work,
> > but wouldn't it be
> > easier to just do a cold backup and open them using
> > the
> > COMPATIBLE parameter in the 8.1.6 environment? Is
> > there
> > any downside to using export/import? (ie. will it
> > affect snapshots,
> > db links, etc...).
> >
> > I thought the whole point of the compatible
> > parameter was that
> > it let you open up an older database with no
> > questions asked.
> > Then you could run any of the upgrade .sql scripts
> > at your leisure,
> > yes?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
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