Srinivas My theory as a DBA is to perform tasks in a manner that is least likely to cause bad consequences. Is there any way export/import would work for you? I have a much warmer feeling about using that to relocate my important data. Just create a new 9i database, check it out, make sure it is ready to go, practice the export/import, then perform the cutover. Much less to go wrong. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kommareddy, Srinivas (MED, Wissen Infotech) Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:34 PM To: ORACLE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: 8174 32 bit to 9204 64 big Hi All, OS: Solaris. Earlier we used to perform database migration/upgradation as below: (32 bit 8i to 64 bit 9i) Install 8174 (64 bit) software Convert the db from 32 bit to 64 (8174) migrate the db from 8174 (64 bit) to 9204 (64 bit). All the above was done manually. Now we want to do the above migration using db upgrade assistant. We are planning not to have the intermediate 8174 (64bit) software. Is it possible to upgrade a database from 8.1.7.4 (32-bit) to 9.2.0.4 (64-bit) using dbassistant Thanks in advance, Srinivas ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------