Re: Need suggestion for 8i migration decision

From: Bob Jones <email_at_me.not>
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:06:20 GMT
Message-ID: <LQTZf.64042$H71.25580@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>

<ccwei_at_ms1.pchome.com.tw> wrote in message news:1144473294.497736.18200_at_i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi All
>
> My company decides to migrate Oracle 8i database(about 10 databases)
> this year.
>
> I've collected several comments from ISV and other DBA peers as below
>
> 1. 8i will be desupported at the end of 2006.
> 2. 9i will release final patch at mid of 2006. One of ISV told me it's
> more mature than 10g.
> 3. 10 g has several enhancement including mamangement/development but
> the final
> patch was not released yet.
> 4. 2 or 3 known bugs in 9i optimizer.
>
> Could anyone give me more insights to me or advise more direction to
> evalute this?
>
> Jeff Chang
>

My suggestion to you would be to upgrade to 10g, unless you enjoy the upgrade process. That's why I am not looking forward to 11g or 11h. Received on Sat Apr 08 2006 - 14:06:20 CDT