Re: database link from 8i to 7.3.4

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 22:25:11 +0200
Message-ID: <f01kpu8na4pa5qemdqdmdhjeud6n1vl1kl@4ax.com>

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:54:34 +0200, "Stefan Rudolph-Klindtwort" <Stefan_at_Rudolph-Klindtwort.de> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have to create an database link between 8i and 7.3.4. Is this possible,
>any ristrictions, known problems ?
>
>The link will create from 8i to 7, other direction is not nessesary.
>
>Thanks
>
>Rudi
>

Theoretically speaking it is possible, though it is not guaranteed to work and in some cases definitely won't work. Also it violates the definition of downward compatibility: a lower version client can connect to a higher version server, the other way around is not guaranteed. In this specific case, there are too many releases between 8i and 7.3.4 (IIRC Oracle doesn't even guaranteer backwards compatibility from 8.1.7 to 8.0).

Hth

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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