Fred, You can migrate your 805 to 817 directly. You really need to read the migration documentation - it is pretty straight forward, and will answer all your questions.
You will be doing a migration on a test database first, right? - not the first time on a production database - right? You will be much happier. If I were you, I would install 805 and 817 both on your machine (different Oracle homes), create a test 805 db and try migrating it to 817 after you have read everything - just to get the feel of it. After that, migrate your production db, and when all is good, remove the 805 software. good luck! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:29 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello list, I am attempting to upgrade my database from 8.0.5 to 8.1.7. I had the old 8.0.5 database on a SunOS 5.6 database. I performed a full cold-backup of the database. The SA then did a rebuild on the server to upgrade the OS to SunOS 5.8. There is no Oracle software or data on the server now. My question is: Now that I want to go to 8.1.7, do I have to first install 8.0.5 and bring the database up prior to installing 8.1.7 and upgrading, OR ... can I simply install 8.1.7 and perform a migration using 8.1.7 on the old 8.0.5 datafiles? How does this work? Thanks in advance, -Fred S. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Fred Smith INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
