Thanks for the reminder of that note martin. It's the 9i db that will be upgraded not the 10g one, but bug 4511371 is worth noting for others considering this. pl/sql referencing remote objects can fail on versions less than 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.2 On 4/22/09, Martin Berger <martin.a.berger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 9i should be at least 9.2.0.4, > maybe you want check > ML-Note:207303.1<https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=130:3:8190460172746784808::::p3_database_id,p3_docid,p3_show_header,p3_show_help,p3_black_frame,p3_font:NOT,207303.1,1,1,1,helvetica> > > hth, > Martin > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:03, Niall Litchfield > <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> All i've been asked about any issues that might arise for a 10g system >> that currently takes data deeds over a db link from a 9i system if >> that system gets upgraded to 11. I'm aware of the password policy >> issues but can't think of any other gotchas. What have i missed? >> >> -- >> Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com >> >> Niall Litchfield >> Oracle DBA >> http://www.orawin.info >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> > -- Sent from Google Mail for mobile | mobile.google.com Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l