If change of platforms is not part of the task, then I strongly disagree.
Export/Import is riskier and slower.
Upgrading the software and performing the 32-64 bit update according to the
plentiful documentation on Metalink is faster and safer than exporting and
importing. It 's really the only viable option for a database of any size.
on 4/2/04 10:37 AM, M Rafiq at rafiq9857@(protected) wrote:
> I think there should not be any disagreement on this. As suggested by Dennis
> , create a new database under 9i and import 8i database export there.
>
> I did the same thing last month as I have to change the
> 1)platform Sun to Linux
> 2)from 64 bit to 32 bit machine and oracle as well.
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