Re: Oracle 7.3 and SQL*Forms 3.0

In article <875394843.20108_at_dejanews.com>, <rich_tefft_at_esd.tracor.com> wrote:
>Oracle states that Forms 3.0 will not work against a 7.3 database. We

I don't know about this but my local Oracle support told me Forms 3.0 should work with a 7.3 database.

>need to upgrade to 7.3 so we can upgrade our O/S to meet Year/2000
>issues. I currently have 7.2 and 7.3 running on the same machine, with
>our production apps in the 7.2 instance. If I use the SQL*Net connector
>string for the 7.3 database when I log into Forms 3.0, it seems to
>connect to the 7.3 database and work fine. This leads me to think I
>could migrate our production database to 7.3, and use the 7.2-installed
>Forms 3.0 to access the database using SQL*Net (v2). Has anyone actually
>done this? Is this reliable enough for a production database? Any
>suggestions, experiences, etc. would be greatly appreciated. I know
>others have fought this already. Thanks!

I am trying to do the same thing betweem 7.1.6 and 7.3.3. When I tried to connect to the 7.3.3 database using sqlplus in the 7.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME I got this error message

        ORA-12633: No shared authentication services

I have SQL*Net 2.1.6 in the 7.1.6 $ORACLE_HOME and SQL*Net 2.3.3 in the 7.3.3 $ORACLE_HOME. Chieu Received on Sun Sep 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT