Re: Silly question #44

The same here. 8.1.7 client on W2K happily talks to 8.0.6, 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 on HP-UX. The listeners are the same versions as dbs.

2Paul: it's _not_ silly to have different (and often desupported) version running and you gave some of the possible reasons for that. Frankly, I'm sick of posting "it's been desupported X years/month/minutes ago, rush to upgrade, why are you using an ancient thing". Why? Because. Because there may be other considerations apart of support.

Cheers,
Igor

"Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message news:<3c6aedea_1_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>...
> Nuno,
>
> Not silly at all, IMHO (but this may be of limited use, as we haven't tested
> W2K properly yet). OTOH, I don't think NT5 will be all that different to
> NT4. NT5.1 (alias XP) may be a different kettle of fish...
>
> Up to now we have had no problem connecting 8.1.7 client (on NT4 and HPUX)
> to *any* earlier (7.3.4+) versions (except for db links and snapshots, which
> do seem to have the odd gotcha).
>
> I have heard (unofficially, not tested yet) that 8.1.7.3 can't connect
> properly to 7.3 instances for snapshots.
>
> BTW, we have production databases on 804, 805, 806, 815, 816 and 817. I know
> it sounds silly on the face of it, and it would be very nice to rationalise,
> but each app is under the control of different owners, and (not unreasonably
> IMHO), the app owners want to see full regression testing on their own app
> before they upgrade the db version (even patches).
>
> This is not always easy, unless funds are allocated.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Paul
>
> "Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
> news:3c6a3a4e.7535075_at_news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > Hi folks.
> > I hate when people ask me this sort of thing. Always feel like
> > sending them off to talk to an Oracle sales rep as punishment!
> >
> >
> > If I have a Win2K workstation loaded with Oracle Client 8i release 3
> > (whew, all that to say 8.1.7 client...), am I gonna have probs
> > connecting to an 8.0.6 server? Net80, TCP/IP.
> >
> > I'm nearly 100% sure I won't, but I can't find any relevant
> > confirmation in Metaclick or Technet. Or, I don't have the foggiest on
> > the keywords to use for such a stupid question.
> >
> > I know, I know: suck it and see. If I could afford the time to do
> > that, I would. Failing it, I have to rely on collective wisdom.
> >
> > TIA for any feedback.
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Nuno Souto
> > nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
Received on Wed Feb 13 2002 - 22:26:25 CST