Re: 16-bit oracle drivers other then Oracle's?

Don't blame Oracle blame MS. They did not make the technology backwardly compatible. If you have 80,000 people in the company (or thereabouts) then you should be able to afford upgrading to a new program that takes advantage of more recent infrastructure. It isn't like this problem all of a sudden happened unless your company only upgrades OS's every 15 years or so.

I am sure if you give Oracle a call you could get the 16 bit version of sqlnet (don't you have it already?). However, I am not sure it will work - maybe that isn't helpful, but what sense is it banging your head against a wall? - but you can try it. The other choice is to have a machine that runs Windows 3 on it and run things from there. If only a limited number of people need to run this program then get enough cheap machines and put them in one place. Use a program like PCAnywhere so people can run it from their desk. (cuts down on duplicate monitors etc.)

Unfortunately, there are not a whole lot of choices in this situation. Jim

"John" <jriker1_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:e6bb5a8d.0203101301.618e77bd_at_posting.google.com...
> Jim,
>
> Not really very helpful. My company has 80,000 people in it. They
> are not going to stop advancing other technologies for one program.
> If someone has something more helpful, it would be much appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> JR
>
> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-family_at_attbi.com> wrote in message
news:<sxti8.12928$q2.1195_at_sccrnsc01>...
> > You would still need the 16 bit sqlnet part which comes from Oracle.
What
> > you are seeing is the problem with wanting to use an application that
does
> > not get upgraded when a major technology shift comes in. What people
need
> > to do in those cases is freeze their entire infrastructure so they don't
get
> > into this situation.
> >
> > I worked for a company which was sunsetting a DOS product (they had a
new
> > windows product) and a select group of clients did not want to upgrade.
> > They had to freeze their whole infrastructures to ensure the level (or
lack
> > thereof) of stability they currently had.
> >
> > Jim
> > "John" <jriker1_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:e6bb5a8d.0203080544.79a7984f_at_posting.google.com...
> > > Previously I asked how you could install Oracle 7.3.4 16-bit client
> > > driver under Windows 2000 and actually get them to work. I have been
> > > able to accomplish this, although the stability is questionable. I
> > > think when I install Word 2000, it overwrites something, not sure why
> > > since Oracle is 16-bit, and then starts GPFing when you try and make a
> > > connection. Does anyone know of any other companies that make/made
> > > 16-bit Oracle drivers that may be more compatible with Windows 2000
> > > and not so effected by other things that are installed? The 16-bit
> > > drivers are required as the application is 16-bit will not be updated
> > > to 32-bit. Thanks.
> > >
> > > JR
Received on Sun Mar 10 2002 - 16:50:08 CST