Originally posted by sirhaggus
And "I don't know" is never a good answer...
"I don't know" is always a great answer as long as it is followed up with ", but I'll check".

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You're in a client/server environment where you have to update hundreds of client PCs.
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There is no compelling reason to upgrade. Sure there are some bugs in the 8.1.6 and below client code that does funky things to the v$session view which I don't like. Heck, Oracle Apps still uses the 8.0.6 client for a lot of their stuff.

I would rather spend the time figuring out how to go 3-tier so I only have to update the middle tier once (or N times) instead of having to send a PC Monkey to everybody's desktop.