Oracle-L: RE: compatible in 9iRel2

From: Ehresmann, David <David.Ehresmann_at_ps.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:35:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0052E085.20030113103527@fatcity.com>

Were you using any of the new tablespace features or using dictionary managed tablespaces?
David Ehresmann

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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:41 AM
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I had a 9.2/solaris database that I could set compatible 8.1.7 on - but since I have done the 9.2.0.2. upgrade I can't set compatible below 9 either - never really needed it so I haven't bothered with metalink/tar.

>>> David.Ehresmann_at_ps.net 01/13/03 11:16AM >>> I am trying to apply a "fix" for some developers here. They used this fix in 8 and 8i by changing the compatible parameter and running their sql script. I just want to be able to tell them that they need to fix their application now that we are using 9iRel2. I tried this morning and got the ORA-402 and ORA-405 errors. I don't want to strip away features of 9i just to get their security script to run.
thanks,
David Ehresmann.

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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:55 AM
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David - What are you trying to accomplish?

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 8:44 AM
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List,

I recently tried to set the compatible=8.1.7.0 parameter in a 9iRel2 Solaris 8 database. If you bounce the instance the sql>show parameter compatible=9.0.0 stays the same, it does not change. If you shutdown and reboot the server you get an:

ora-01033: Initialization or shutdown in progress Which basically states that you are trying to connect to an instance that is being shutdown down or starting up. I believe it goes into NOMOUNT stage and reads the init.ora and hangs because of the compatible parameter being set to 8i. I saw the document Oracle9i Database Migration Release 2 (9.2) Part Number A96530-01 stating how to downgrade, but it seems to defeat the purpose of having a 9i instance. Is there any way to do this without stripping the 9i database down to 8i?

David Ehresmann
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