Ora Upgrade from 8i to 10G

Hi,
I am migrating application from ora 8i to 10g. so i recompiled all my codes. but in 10G one of the files i got error DWORD not found. but in 8i it compiled fine.so i changed dword to sword then i compiled it.does SWORD create any probelm in 10G?. basically i am not aware of dword and sword. could some one please help.
srinath

Let's start with the basics.
- What language is your application written in? What API are you using? I'm guessing some variant of a C/ C++/ C# application possibly using OCI?
DWORD and SWORD probably represent different data types. A DWORD would normally be an unsigned integer, a SWORD would normally be a signed integer. Whether that causes any problems for your particular application will depend on the possible values this variable can have in your application. If you expect to store values in the upper half of the unsigned range, you'll probably have issues.
Of course, I assume that you will be doing thorough regression testing as part of the upgrade.
Justin

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-----paste
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-----/paste
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-----paste
TNSLSNR for Solaris: Version 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on 15-AUG-2004
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Copyright (c) 1991, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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