{"id":51,"date":"2010-05-21T10:19:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2010-08-21T23:40:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T04:40:09","slug":"upgradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/2010\/05\/21\/upgradation\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgradation"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been an Oracle DBA for any length of time, you’ve heard the term upgradation.\u00a0 But what is an upgradation?<\/p>\n

Is it an upgrade?\u00a0 Is it a migration?\u00a0 What the heck’s the difference between an upgrade and a migration?<\/p>\n

If you’re switching operating system platforms (Windows to Linux for example), you’re migrating<\/p>\n

If you’re switching database vendors (MS SQL Server to Oracle for example), you’re migrating<\/p>\n

If you’re moving from Oracle 9i to Oracle 10g, you’re upgrading<\/p>\n

If you’re moving from Oracle 11gR1 to Oracle 11gR2, you’re upgrading<\/p>\n

If you’re moving from Oracle 11gR1 on Windows to Oracle 11gR2 on Linux, you’re performing both an upgrade and a migration.<\/p>\n

So what is an upgradation?\u00a0 Well damn if that isn’t a good question, because UPGRADATION ISN’T A WORD OR A REAL TECHNICAL TERM. <\/strong>In my experience, it tends to be used by people very new to the Oracle eco-system and by people who don’t have English (or American) as their primary language.<\/p>\n

I’ve been at multiple clients where if upgradation is listed on a resume, the resume is no longer considered.\u00a0 Unless a prospective candidate is otherwise amazing, I’m typically the same way.\u00a0 It’s the same thing as having a misspelling on your resume.<\/p>\n

So, make sure you don’t use upgradation on a resume and learn the difference between a migration and an upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been an Oracle DBA for any length of time, you’ve heard the term upgradation.\u00a0 But what is an upgradation? Is it an upgrade?\u00a0 Is it a migration?\u00a0 What the heck’s the difference between an upgrade and a migration? If you’re switching operating system platforms (Windows to Linux for example), you’re migrating If you’re … Continue reading Upgradation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weinshenker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}