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Re: JDBC drivers are database version specific?

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:47:56 GMT
Message-ID: <w9Kqd.51649$QJ3.18343@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>


Matt wrote:

> I used to use classes12.zip for Oracle 8i JDBC drivers, and it worked fine.
> But after I installed Oracle 10g, then it had driver error. I guess
> JDBC drivers are database version specific. So I need to install
> Oracle 10g JDBC drivers in order to make Java database application works?
>
> Please advise. Thanks!!

Certainly for thick drivers, and probably for thin drivers. Even Oracle's own client software, such as sqlplus, has version dependencies, for example an 8.0.5 client is not supported for connecting to a 9.2.0 database. Somewhere on Metalink there is a compatibility matrix if you want to check.

-Mark Bole Received on Mon Nov 29 2004 - 12:47:56 CST

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