I thought I should mention there is an ESRI GIS list that posts about 10 a day. They might give you some more feedback. ESRI-L [ESRI-L@xxxxxxxx] -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Fuad Arshad Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:42 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: ESRI ArcSDE application We're working on an ArcSde migration from sqlserver to oracle. i believe the version is 8.2 i was wondering if anyone had any gotchas or any information that we shoudl know. mind you the consultant we have has no clue of either unix nor oracle. Also the consultants are recommending installing app on the database server instead of an app server. This is something i dont like and if anyone has done so reason why is it necessary ?. Thanks Fuad Arshad