We will certainly test before actually moving to production on this, but first we're trying to decide if we even want to try it, or if we'd be better off waiting until we can upgrade the old app so we can just use 9i or 10g for everything and avoid the 8i issue altogether. We don't even have the new server yet - just in the early planning stages. Thanks, Brandon -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Eddy Frances Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:56 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle 8.1.7 32-bit on AIX 5.3 64-bit I know it sounds a bit simplistic but how about testing the patch in a test environment. Clone production and patch away with no worries. Good luck, Eddy Frances Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l