Problems installing Designer 6.0 on Oracle 8.1.7

Question

I'm trying to install Designer 6.0 for NT on an Oracle 8.1.7 database running on Win2K. When compiling the package cioue_element_type the server "hangs". I have to shutdown the database to get rid of the process.

Answer 1

Marcel,
I had the same problem. Oracle gives as an answer that Designer 6.0 is not supported against 8.1.7. In the specified package a statement is issued which is a problem for 8.1.7. I changed that package and now it works fine.
Comment as below and replace with the delete statement, then it compiles fines.
I don't know if any problem can occur after that, but a Migration from a 1.3.2 repository to 6i works fine through this repository. Hope this helps.
Kind Regards
Jan Boersma
Email: [email protected]
see here:
-- Remove Reserved Names entry and comment
-- delete from sdd_reserved_names
-- where (rn_res_name, rn_type) in ((upper(view_name), 'VIEW')
-- ,(upper(pack_name), 'PACKAGE')
-- ,(upper(pack_name), 'PACKAGE BODY')
-- ,(upper(app_view_name), 'VIEW BODY'));
delete from sdd_reserved_names
where ((rn_res_name = UPPER(view_name) AND rn_type = 'VIEW') OR
(rn_res_name = UPPER(pack_name) AND rn_type = 'PACKAGE') OR
(rn_res_name = UPPER(pack_name) AND rn_type = 'PACKAGE BODY') OR
(rn_res_name = UPPER(app_view_name) AND rn_type = 'VIEW BODY'));
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