Re: Shared library question

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.verwijderdit.demon.nl>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:09:13 +0200
Message-ID: <2lr280lpc7su7nekfpco813qju7c8ca7ck@4ax.com>

On 17 Apr 2004 10:28:44 -0700, eyal_goren_at_bmc.com (Eyal Goren) wrote:

>Hi,
>Is it possible to create an application that link to the
>libclntsh.so.1 library from version 8.1.7, but run with the same
>library of release 9.2 for example ???
>It looks to me, that at run time it will ask for libclntsh.so.8 so it
>must be of the same release.
>
>Thanks
>Eyal

You can't mix Oracle libraries from different versions. However, your *client* application, developed against a 8.17 client, should be capable to run against a 9.2 *database*, as Oracle is downwards compatible.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Sat Apr 17 2004 - 13:09:13 CDT