On May 23, 10:39 pm, joel garry <
joel-ga...@home.com> wrote:
> On May 22, 6:35 pm,
oradba.train...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > hi
> > we have application version x and database is running at 10g
> > we have plan to upgrade the application version to y and database to 11g.
> > Oracle upgrade to 11g is arlight.
> > but the complexity in application upgrade is that - there are many schema changes in version y of schema.
> > so i.e. data load to new schema wont be straightforward.
> > we are looking for any tool etc which would be useful here which can save the development work here.
> > many thanks
>
> Doesn't the application have such a tool? Does y run with 10g or x
> with 11g?
>
> When I've faced such a complex migration, I've usually done it in a
> number of steps and backups, so any step can be restarted. Since
> major metadata changes usually means major data updates, for me it
> often makes sense to go noarchivelog and depend on cold backups, then
> switch to archivelog and backup at end (or beginning, depending on
> your point of view).
>
> jg
> --
is bogus.
i.e. Upgrade and Tranformation.