Re: ORA 8 or 7.3

I would not touch Oracle 8 with a 10 foot pole. Every Oracle release I have installed has had show stopping bugs in it. Regardless of their long beta test (and ever changing feature list), I have no intentions on using Oracle 8 for at least a year.

Dave

Jim Olsen <jolsen_at_mindspring.com> wrote in article <33a7ed22.4188769_at_news.mindspring.com>...
> Oracle 8 has significant changes from 7.3. It has been beta testing
> for 3/4 year and is extremely stable. You should base your decision
> on the application/database you are building. If you building a VLDB
> or a datawarehouse, O8 is definately the way to go.
>
> satarnag_at_aol.com (SatarNag) wrote:
>
> >Nabil Courdy <moab_at_emirates.net.ae> wrote in article
> ><01bc7933$9a2c0380$697eaac2_at_msdusr>...
> >> We are starting a brand new project in Oracle.
> >> This will be our firsr Oracle project. Should we
> >> go with version 8 or 7.3?
> >>
> >> Nabil Courdy
> >> moab_at_emirates.net.ae
> >
> >Rule of thumb, Never go with anything ".0", Stick with 7.3. There is
 only
> >minor Differences with the version 8.0 and 7.3 database.
> >Satar
>
>
  Received on Wed Jun 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT