Re: oracle lower compatible?

You can run your streaming application on your Solaris box. You can install Oracle 8.1.7 client on this Solaris box and have it connect to an Oracle database on another server. This other server can be SPARC Solaris, Linux, Windows, HP-UX, OS/390, etc. You just won't be able to run a 9i database on the Solaris Intel box. But running the client will work just fine. And you will be able to connect just fine with 8.1.7 client to a 9i database.

HTH,
Brian

Pari wrote:
>
> The application which generates the data runs on Solaris Intel.
> We have a streaming application to stream it to the database.
> Right now, I have to ftp the data to a linux machine and from there I
> run the streamer to oracle. Would like to run the streamer on solaris itself.
> Pari
>
> Brian Peasland <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:<3F2EC6A0.967183CC_at_remove_spam.peasland.com>...
> > According to Oracle Corp: "RDBMS 8.1.7 is the terminal release for this
> > platform", where this platform is Solaris running on Intel. Solaris on
> > Sparc is still a viable platform for Oracle 9i and up.
> >
> > If you have an Intel platform, then why not run Linux instead? I believe
> > that Linux on Intel is a major reason why Oracle is no longer supporting
> > Solaris on Intel.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Brian
> >
> > Pari wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Various sources point out that the last oracle database version for
> > > solaris (x86) is 8.1.7.
> > > I am developing a data streaming application for streaming data any
> > > database, and now I need
> > > to support it for oracle.
> > > Would like to know if streaming from oracle 8 client to an oracle 9
> > > server is a feasibility
> > > and if somebody has tried it out. I am interested in a very limited
> > > feature set of simple
> > > inserts and queries.
> > > I do
> n't want to buy the oracle 8 cds (solaris x86) from oracle and try
> > > it out myself.
> > > Thanks
> > > Pari
> >
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