RE: 8.1.7.3 - Good or Bad?

Eeep! I missed that one! We're on 8.1.7.2 and I wanted to go to 8.1.7.3 because of bugfixes in CURSOR_SHARING=FORCE.

Research mode: ON

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com              Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: alan.aschenbrenner_at_ihs.com [mailto:alan.aschenbrenner_at_ihs.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:55 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: 8.1.7.3 - Good or Bad?
>
>
>
> Oracle Gurus,
>
> I seem to be running into memory leaks on an 8.1.7.0 database on
> Solaris 8. After searching metalink and reading some patch
> release notes,
> it looks like we might be having problems with the XML parser
> and/or LOBs.
> We are thinking of upgrading to 8.1.7.3, but I am a little leery after
> Kevin Toepke posted this message a few weeks ago:
>
> First of all, there are some serious problems with 8.1.7.3 that can
> cause database crashes and corruption. One bug (may be solaris
> specific) can crash the box. I would highly recommend that
> you "only"
> upgrade to 8.1.7.2 unless absolutely necessary. We have downgraded
> all of our 8.1.7.3 databases to 8.1.7.2 (a *very* painful
> experience)
> ...
>
> ----
>
> Kevin makes it sound like a terrible patch. What do all of
> you think that
> have gone to 8.1.7.3? Was it worth it? Anyone using LOBs and/or XML
> utilites with this release?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan Aschenbrenner
>

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