Re: Is Oracle V8 a stable version ?

We have found a bug in 804, if you are or plan to use alerts. We have fallen back to 803 for this reason. go figure, they work fine in 803.

David wrote:

> The is no difference between 7.3.4 and 8.0.4 in terms of reliability when
> using the standard relational environment, obviously some of the new
> features are not yet as reliable. I recommend 8.0.4 to my customers and they
> appear to be happy.
>
> Oracle8 uses more resources than Oracle7, but once you cross the resource
> threshold Oracle8 beats 7 in performace. You may find that some of you
> PL/SQL fails compile due to the tightening up standards, but you can get
> arround this by setting PLSQL_V2_COMPATIBILTY. You should also look at the
> new ROWID format.
>
> Regards
> David Russell
>
> Pierre Didierjean wrote in message <352CD82B.15FB7483_at_web-data.fr>...
> >Hello
> >
> >I have to install Oracle on a NT server. I've got a V7 on UP-UX
> >and ask myself what version to choose
> >
> >V8 or V7 ? What's faster in V8 ? Is it totally compatible ?
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Pierre
> >
Received on Wed Apr 15 1998 - 16:40:42 CDT