Re: Is there any problem for using oracle 8i client to connect to 9i database?

From: Oradba Linux <techiey2k3_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:30:01 -0400
Message-ID: <fcGdnb0Q1I6DEvrfRVn-iw@comcast.com>

Rauf Sarwar wrote:
> Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>

>>On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:52:51 -0400, Oradba Linux
>><techiey2k3_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If you use a characterset that is new with the oracle 9i database.

>
> You
>

>>>might face some issues.
>>
>>Could you elaborate on which charactersets are new in 9i?
>>
>>
>>--
>>Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

>
>
> These are in 9i and not in 8i by using,
>
> select * from v$nls_valid_values
> where parameter = 'CHARACTERSET';
>
> AL16UTF16
> AL32UTF8
> BLT8ISO8859P13
> CE8BS2000
> CEL8ISO8859P14
> CL8EBCDIC1158
> CL8EBCDIC1158R
> CL8ISOIR111
> CL8KOI8U
> EL8EBCDIC423R
> JA16EUCTILDE
> JA16SJISTILDE
> WE8EBCDIC1047E
> WE8EBCDIC924
> ZHS32GB18030
> ZHT32EUCTST
>
> Also see metalink docid 237593.1
>
> Regards
> /Rauf
>

AL32UTF8 -- when we used this characterset we had an issue connecting from 8.0 client. Received on Thu Apr 21 2005 - 06:30:01 CDT