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Upgrading from ORACLE7 to ORACLE8

Note that there is no path for upgrading an ORACLE7 database to ORACLE8 through the DataServer. If you want to upgrade a DataServer application from ORACLE7 to ORACLE8, follow these steps:

  1. Upgrade your ORACLE7 database to ORACLE8. See your ORACLE documentation for instructions.
  2. Using the Progress Version 9 Data Admin Dump utility, dump a data definition (.df) file from the schema holder you used to access the ORACLE7 database.
  3. In the environment where you will run Progress, set the ORAVERSION environment variable to 8.
  4. Create a new empty Version 9 Progress database.
  5. Using the Progress Data Admin Load utility, load the .df file into the empty Version 9 Progress database which results in a new schema holder for the ORACLE8 database.
  6. Recompile your Progress r-code against the new schema holder.

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