Re: Oracle 8.1.6

Alan,

This is an accurate assumption. They call this Extended Assistance Support which ends on the October 31, 2004 for Oracle 8.1.6

Details regarding Oracle 9i new features etc.. can be found here http://otn.oracle.com/products/oracle9i/content.html as well as Oracle's Support site http://metalink.oracle.com/

One major benefit would be that you are on a supported release for quite some time if you move to Oracle 9.2.0.1
General support for the following Oracle database ends on these dates:

Oracle8i Release 3 (8.1.7) December 31, 2003
Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1) June 30, 2003
Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0.1) September 30, 2005

HTH Roger.

"Allen" <aprinsloo_at_websoft.co.za> wrote in message news:236c75fa.0304090012.5ecec5d0_at_posting.google.com...
> The fact that Oracle does not support 8.1.6 anymore only means that
> should we encounter any bugs in the actual Oracle database software,
> they will not fix it or do any patches for it. It does not mean that
> we cannot get support for known bugs etc.
>
> Is this an accurate assumption?
>
> Can anyone point me in the direction of white papers etc identifying
> what is involved and benefits to be had by upgrading from 8.1.6 to 9.
>

> Thx
Received on Wed Apr 09 2003 - 05:47:33 CDT