Re: Getting an Application to run with both 8i and 10g

faceman28208_at_yahoo.com schreef:
> I have compiled an application with the 10g libraries. When I run it
> with a 10g database, it works fine.
>
> The powers that be would like the same application to be able to work
> with an 8i database. So when I take the same application and change
> the SID to point to the 8i database I get these errors
>
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
>
> If I take the exact same code and link with the 8i libraries, it works
> fine.
>
> Is it possible to run the 10g-linked code on an 8i database. If so,
> what am I missing here?
>
> thanks.
>

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