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Marketing aside, there are a fair number of significant differences between
Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5 (8i). And, BTW, 8.1.6 is being released for HP-UX,
Solaris, and Tru64, and is in development on other platforms (Linux, NT).
- From the docs (I have an 8i box in my office):
* IFS (Internet File System) for easy management of files on 8i
* WebDB, which builds HTML from Oracle queries and tablespaces
* Enhancements to OLTP
* Integrated JVM
* Hash and partitioning methods added to control user processing resources
* Cache fusion and other enhancements to Oracle Parallel Server for running
distributed databases
* Replication manager enhancements and platform independence (written in Java)
* Intermedia improvements for visual information, time series, and spatial
database options (e.g., 2 GB LOB, GLOB, BLOB, and CLOB fields now supported)
* Oracle Call Interface improvements to developer languages (PL/SQL, C++, COBOL,
Java)
* Security Enhancements,
and my favorite
* Oracle Enterprise Manager, which basically allows one to manage an Oracle
Database anywhere in the world.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Paul Brown wrote:
> > so what exactly is the difference between 8i and 8? or what ever the pay
> > version of oracle is...
>
> The "i" means Internet ready. It's a bullshit marketing strategy.
>
> Paul
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