Re: Connection between Oracle 9i Server and Oracle 8i Client using JDBC

From: Cris Carampa <cris119_at_operamail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:26:36 +0200
Message-ID: <bj4fmr$au8$1@panco.nettuno.it>

Daniel Morgan wrote:

> I can't think of a single reason why anyone would attempt to communicate
> with Oracle 9i using the 8i client. No software has ever been written to
> be forward compatible.

Please notice that when Oracle first shipped 9.0.1 for Unix the Windows version was not available yet, so the CD pack included a copy of 8.1.7 client for Windows.

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Received on Wed Sep 03 2003 - 05:26:36 CDT