Re: SQL Net and Oracle 6/ Oracle7

Well, you could use a third Oracle database of 7.0, 7.1 or 7.2. Those versions supported BOTH SQL*Net V1 and SQL*Net V2. This database wouldn't actually have any data, just database links!

mdevans_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:

> I have been tasked with finding out the compatibility of SQLNet 1 (or SQLNet
> 2) with both Oracle 6 and Oracle 7.
>
> My client had two applications (A & B), running on Oracle 6 but on different
> systems, and one of the applications (A) accessed the database (to validate
> data) from the other system (application B) via SQLNet Version 1 which resided
> on both platforms.
>
> Application B has now been converted to Oracle 7 but there is still a need for
> application A (currently still on Oracle 6) to validate its data from the
> database of application B. Can this be done ?
>
> Oracle 7 uses SQLNet 2 and Oracle 6 uses SQLNET 1 and we have been told that
> these versions are incompatible with each other.
>
> Is the above correct or is there a way around this ?
>
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Received on Wed Jun 17 1998 - 22:01:51 CDT