Re: Client tools crash consistantly on 98..

In article <374fc950.20534595_at_news.doofus.mn>, AY_at_doofus.mn says...
> In article <MPG.11b68196b3952ba0989684_at_client.se.news.psi.net>,
> news2_at_baxnet.net (Greg) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Running 8.04.00 client on a stable Win98 machine.
> >
> >Any attempts to connect from the 98 machine to the NT server (Ora 8.04
> >also) promptly abends on 98 ("program performed illegal operation and
> >will be shut down"). SQLPlus will do this, as well as any other Oracle
> >tool. This happens after I fill in the id, password and the connect
> >string.
> >
> >Are there updates to this 8.04? Is this a known problem? I'm running
> >the eval CD. I also have the 8.05 (8i) CD, but I cannot install on 98 if
> >another version of Oracle clients already exists on the HDD... or so the
> >install says.
> >
> >Thanx - Greg
>
> There is a patch for Net8 version 804 that fixes this.
> Download files "readme.txt" and "80407.exe" from
>
> ftp://oracle-ftp.oracle.com/server/patchsets/wgt_tech/server/windowsNT/network/net8/80407/
>
>
> Instructions are in the readme. Or else upgrade to 805.
>

WOW! Alan, that did the trick! I'm so grateful. Now that it's working, I'm back into the headache mode again - the ole' learning curve...

Is there an easy way to get 8.05 on an eval? I've only been able to find 8i, a subset of the full package...

Greg

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