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Re: Net8 vs SQL*Net

From: Bruce Myers <brmyers_at_erols.com>
Date: 1998/04/03
Message-ID: <3524D53F.8B29B87E@erols.com>#1/1

Anne-Marie Ternes wrote:

> Tim Taylor wrote:
> >
> > Anne-Marie,
> >
> > The answers to your questions are yes and yes. Net8 is the successor to
> > SQL*Net 2.3. There are new features in Net8 such as Connection Pooling,
> > Host Naming, and new Java wizards to aid in configuration. SQL*Net 2
> > clients can connect to Net8 listeners and Net8 clients can connect to
> > SQL*Net 2 listeners.
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
> Hello Tim,
> first of all thank you very much for your reply! Here are just a few
> more questions to check if I understand the matter correctly:
>
> - Oracle 8 only works with Net8?

> - Consider the following situation: we need to have Oracle8 because of
 

> the new version of SAP. So, if Oracle8 only works with Net8, we are
> forced to have Net8. However, we also have Oracle7 systems that must
> go on running. The questions are:
> - can/should we have only Net8 for both Oracle versions?
> - can Net8 and Sql*Net2 live together (as you suggest)?
> - can SQL*Net2 handle Oracle8 (as long as no OO is used)?
> - Supplementary questions:
> - can Oracle8 work together with Enterprise Server 3.x?
> - can Oracle8 work together with Solaris 2.5?
>
> I hope I'm not taking too much of your time. I'm new to the DBA
> business and I am grateful for any help provided.
> Thank you very much,
>
> Anne-Marie Ternes
>
> anne-marie.ternes_at_cie.etat.lu

Oracle 8 works well with SQL*Net 2.
Net8 and SQL*Net2 can easilt co-exist - just don't use the same port for a SQL*Net2 listener and a Net8 listener.

Depending on what is happening on the client side, OO should even be ok with SQL*Net 2 (but I could be wrong).

Oracle 8 runs on Solaris 2.5.

The compatability of SQL*Net 2 and Net8 was done so as to not cause a major revolution among Oracle customers. Imagine if you had customers around the world that you had to upgrade from SQL*Net 2 to Net 8 at the same time just to talk to the Oracle 8 upgrade?

Bruce Myers
Sr. Oracle Database Administrator
DataProfit Corp. Received on Fri Apr 03 1998 - 00:00:00 CST

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