Hi,
I am getting ready to upgrade our databases from 8.0.5.1 to 8.1.6 (Solaris 2.7). I will also be applying the 8.1.6.2.1 patch. The patch installation notes say "When migrating a db from an earlier release, ex 8.0 to 8.1, you must complete the database migration to the 8.1.6 release prior to applying the patch set. You cannot perform the 8.1.6 migration after a patch set has been installed". However, one of our development servers has 12 databases on it, and we can not take them all to 8.1.6.2.1 at the same time, we have to do a few at a time for testing purposes. So I had planned on installing 8.1.6, then applying the patch, then migrating the databases as needed. But the above instruction makes it sound as though I can't install the patch before migrating. I thought the patch would only effect the software and not the database structure?
My question: Can I migrate the databases by running the u0800050.sql AFTER the 8.1.6.2.1 is installed, or will there be problems?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.