Re: 8174 32 bit to 9204 64 big

From: Tim Gorman <tim_at_sagelogix.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 22:11:21 -0700
Message-ID: <BC939589.12A57%tim@sagelogix.com>

If change of platforms is not part of the task, then I strongly disagree. Export/Import is riskier and slower.

Upgrading the software and performing the 32-64 bit update according to the plentiful documentation on Metalink is faster and safer than exporting and importing. It's really the only viable option for a database of any size.

on 4/2/04 10:37 AM, M Rafiq at rafiq9857_at_hotmail.com wrote:

> I think there should not be any disagreement on this. As suggested by Dennis
> , create a new database under 9i and import 8i database export there.
>
> I did the same thing last month as I have to change the
> 1)platform Sun to Linux
> 2)from 64 bit to 32 bit machine and oracle as well.

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