Hi John / Jo , now i understand that John , you and me have meant the same. Perhaps i mis-understood ur previous mails OR i was not clear in explaining things. Thanks a lot for your replies. Regards, Prem. On 7/19/05, jo_holvoet@xxxxxxxx <jo_holvoet@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > But the point is you can do it beforehand; > You do NOT have to upgrade a database to 9.2.0.1 and then upgrade again to > 9.2.0.6. > > You install 9.2.0.1 and then upgrade the software (not a database) to > 9.2.0.6. > The migration of your database can then be done from 8.1.7 to 9.2.0.6 > without going through 9.2.0.1. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l