Re: 9.0 or 8.2 ?

Hello!

>All the Oracle major releases that I have seen apported one or more big
>changes to the database infrastructure: Oracle 6 tablespaces, datafiles
>and declarative constraints, Oracle 7 "real" constraints, stored
>procedures and triggers, Oracle 8 OO features, Oracle 8i (even if
>strictly speaking it is not a major release) a Java virtual machine
>inside the database.
>I read a lot of papers about 9i but I'm wondering what's really new with
>it. A lot of things are "improved", others changed their name, but I'm
>not able to see something really new. It seems more a 8.2 than a 9.0. Or
>am I wrong?

No. You're right!
Initially Oracle plan 8.2 version, but after Larry Elisson decide call this version 9i (publicity step).

Yaroslav.

>Have a nice working week.
 

>Best regards, Cristian

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