Forte M / ORACLE 8.1.5 upgrade

Question

Hi,
We plan to upgrade to Forte Release M and ORACLE release 8.1.5. We have the
technical note information. We also would like to find out whether any of
you have experienced with this upgrade.
Appreciate any information that you can share with us.
Thanks,
Sharon Hampe
CIA & Systems Integration
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Answer 1

Please refer [url http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/conditions10a.htm
]'Patterns Without % Example' on Oracle9i SQL Reference.
Here is [url http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/F49540_01/DOC/server.815/a67779/operator.htm#997970]Oracle8i SQL Reference.
If a pattern does not contain the "%" character, the condition can be TRUE only if both operands have the same length.
So... there are bugs on 8.1.x, 9.2.0.4...
SQL> select * from v$version where rownum <= 1;
BANNER
Personal Oracle7 Release 7.3.2.3.1 - Production Release
SQL> create table tab1 (col1 char(6));
Table created.
SQL> insert into tab1 values ('xyz');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from tab1 where col1 like 'xyz';
no rows selected
SQL> select * from v$version where rownum <= 1;
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Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.1 - Production
SQL> create table tab1 (col1 char(6));
Table created.
SQL> insert into tab1 values ('xyz');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from tab1 where col1 like 'xyz';
COL1
xyz
SQL> select * from v$version where rownum <= 1;
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Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
SQL> create table tab1 (col1 char(6));
Table created.
SQL> insert into tab1 values ('xyz');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from tab1 where col1 like 'xyz';
COL1
xyz
SQL> select * from v$version where rownum <= 1;
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Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
SQL> create table tab1 (col1 char(6));
Table created.
SQL> insert into tab1 values ('xyz');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from tab1 where col1 like 'xyz';
no rows selected