I don't think you can use the Net8 client to run against your 7.1 server. I
think you can only do it the other way - a v7 client running against a Net8
server.
Dan Sutton <dsutton_at_acumen1.com> wrote in message
news:GK8I3.311$hs.18663_at_monger.newsread.com...
> Hi, people...
>
> I've got a Windows 98 machine running an Oracle 8i client (with Net 8) and
I
> can't for the life of me get the thing to connect to an Oracle 7.1 Server,
> which is running as an NLM on a Netware fileserver (v3.11 of Netware -
this
> thing is old!) - I suspect that the problem is the fileserver's operating
> system (it's a Bindery-based server, and doesn't understand NDS). I've got
he
> SPX protocol stuff there (and also the TCP/IP - the client connects fine
to
> the 8i server I have running under NT) but no matter what I do I get TNS
> errors, and so on.
>
> As a further piece of information: if I use the Net 8 Assistant to define
a
> connection (and then I test it), the SPX Listener on the server says I
have a
> connection, but the Net 8 Assistant never returns with a definite result:
just
> hangs there. Also, SQL*Net does the same thing...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dan Sutton
Received on Tue Sep 28 1999 - 18:42:27 CDT
