Re: Oracle 8i on Windows 2003

Jared,

You're the lucky one. I'm sure I remember an Oracle support statement at a User Group meeting saying that V7 to 9i wasn't supported and in many cases didn't work.

If this a production system I'd go with 8.1.7 just to be on the safe side.

Cheers,

Chris

Quoting Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>:

> Apparently I was mistaken on the V7 client not being able to connect
> to a V9 database.
>
> I just set it up, and it appears to work fine.
>
> Thanks to all that replied.
>
> Jared
>
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:58:53 +0100, Karsten Weikop <oraclel_at_weikop.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Just for curiosity: What is the problem with having V7 clients
> > connecting to V9.
> >
> > I know there is a problem with migrating from RDBMS V7 to V8 because
> > length of rowid changed and therefore some client applications (e.g.
> > forms 3.0) could not use a V8 database.
> >
> > /karsten
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jared Still
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 7:34 PM
> > To: Oracle-L Freelists
> > Subject: Oracle 8i on Windows 2003
> >
> > Has anyone here installed, or attempted to install 8i on Windows 2003
> > Enterprise?
> >
> > Problems encountered and success stories both welcome.
> >
> > I need to move an app that is in a 7.3.4 database to 8i. The question
> > now
> > is whether to do it on Windows 2000 or 2003.
> >
> > Moving to 9i is not an option due to the v7 client.
> >
> > Linux is also not an option, unfortunately.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Jared Still
> > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> > --
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> >
> >
>
>
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> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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>

Chris Dunscombe

Christallize Ltd

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