On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, John Weatherman wrote: > Clean up fragmentation/chaining, change block size at the same time, > in my current case, chage hardware platform... > > All sorts of reasons. :)
What do those things have to do with an upgrade? -- Jeremiah Wilton http://www.speakeasy.net/~jwilton > -----Original Message----- > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Browett, Darren wrote: > > > The previous DBA, also used the export/import method, and is the method > > I am most likely going to use. > > Can someone explain why anyone would opt for export/import as a path > to do an 8.0 to 8.1 upgrade? Doesn't the basic upgrade just consist > of starting the instance on the new ORACLE_HOME and running an upgrade > script? Why would someone undergo the disruption and complexity of a > full export/import when you can just leave the data where it is? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jeremiah Wilton 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).
