Re: Mismatching Oracle clients and servers

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:22:07 +0200
Message-ID: <db3lp5$m7r$1@news5.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>

neocide_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're using a now end-of-line closed source application linked against
> the Oracle 8i libraries and up to now this has been talking to an
> Oracle 8i server running on a different machine over TCP/IP. Both
> machines are 64-bit Sun Solaris boxes.
>
> I'd like to replace the Oracle server which a dual Opteron machine
> running a 64-bit Linux and Oracle 10i.
>
> Will the existing Solaris app linked against libclntsh.so.8.0 still
> communicate with the new 10i server or does the Oracle server not
> provide any support for previous client versions?

Not being able to comment on your specific environment, Oracle however is backward compliant: version 8.0 and above clients talk to 10g databases.

So I would bet your are safe, but could easily loose money - best you test (does the app work in 10g, anyway?)

-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Received on Wed Jul 13 2005 - 13:22:07 CDT