Re: Who pushes for client upgrades on workstations - DBAs or Development Group?
- From: Wayne Smith <wts@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 17:58:38 -0400
Some or many of our applications specify or only work well with or are
supported with only certain versions of Oracle client. Our "client
services"-type people handle this as part of their application support.
We've never upgraded Oracle client software just because a newer version
exists (to my knowledge). We may not be typical and I may not have
understood the question in any typical fashion! ;-)
Cheers, Wayne
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Taylor, Chris David <
ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I’m just curious how everyone feels about the need to upgrade Oracle
> clients and reasons for doing so in a typical environment.
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> Do you, as the DBA, push for Oracle client upgrades, or do you let the
> Development group (and/or application upgrades) necessitate the upgrade?
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> Personally, I’ve always been of the opinion to let application upgrades
> (for commercial software) and/or the Development Group to push as the PC/LAN
> group (those responsible for workstations) usually handle client installs
> etc. I have no problem supporting legacy clients (such as 8i) nor newer 11g
> clients.
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> What are your thoughts?
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> Chris
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