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Any reason you can't upgrade all the Oracle clients to a supported version?
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK ***************************************** Please include version and platform and SQL where applicable It makes life easier and increases the likelihood of a good answer ****************************************** "kenny" <kenny2k2_at_127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:3e1e8f16_at_spamkiller.newsgroups.com...Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 03:45:44 CST
>
> Hi,
> We have developed an Oracle Client that uses Oracle OLE DB Provider
8.1.7.3
> to communicate with an Oracle 8.1.7 Server. Now I wanted to install this
> client on several PC's. On those PC's there is already an ORA 8.0.x HOME
> directory and the Oracle installer does not allow to install 8i components
> into an existing 8.0.x Oracle HOME directory. Al I need is the OLE DB
Provider,
> nothing else. Doeas anybody know a workaround to install the ORA OLE DB
Provider
> 8.1.7.3 into an existing ORA 8.0.x HOME directory ?
> Or where can I get an ORA OLE DB Provider 8.0.x ? Message form Oracle was,
> that this version is no longer supported.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Many thanks and best regards
> R. Keller