oracle updation

[Noble Sebastian]

hi , my hp ux 11.11 server now installed oracle 8 , i want install oracle 10 .

how to update oracle 8 to orcale 10 or i remove oracle 8 then 10 install .

any one give idea ...

[spex]

Hello Noble,

See page 2-2 in the "Oracle 10g Upgrade Guide" for various upgrade paths:
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10763.pdf

PCS

[Sandman!]

Better off to install Oracle 10 in-place without removing Oracle 8. Thing to keep in mind is that there is enough disk space and that the new ORACLE_HOME has a directory structure that is OFA compliant. The advantage of installing 10 without removing 8 is that if there are any problems then you can revert back to the older version while you troubleshoot the newer install. Recall something similar that happened and the resolution was to switch the global DB pointers back to the older version while the newer one was being fixed.

~hope it helps