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Re: Connecting SQL Server to Oracle - versions problem.

From: Shabble <gbarbour_at_baesystemsdotcom>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:03:07 -0000
Message-ID: <43fd8696$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net>

"ianal Vista" <ianal_vista_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9772C10382B2Aianalvistahotmailcom_at_70.169.32.36...
> "Shabble" <gbarbour_at_baesystemsdotcom> wrote in news:43fc3b91$1_1
> @glkas0286.greenlnk.net:
>
>> We have a vendor/customer induced problem. Oracle versions only change
>> by...... well they don't.
>>
>> A Windows 2003 server running SQL Server 2000 "needs" to connect to an
>> Oracle 7.3.4.5.0 instance.
>> As far as I am aware the lowest Oracle Client version that will run on
>> Windows 2003 is Oracle 9.2.0.2;
>> and.... as we all know Oracle9i will not connect to Oracle7.
>> Has anyone laughed at and worked round this one?
>>
>> Shabble.
>> P.S. Versions we administer, 7,8,8i,9i,10g. (Some Terminal some not
>> Terminal) - yes we are kept busy.
>>
>>
>>

>
> If this were my problem to solve, I'd install Perl's DBI/DBD modules
> on an 8i system so I could interoperate with both V9.2 & Sql-Server
>

Thank you for the suggestion. But I am not really up on Perl, ((yet?) should I be?).
Shabble. Received on Thu Feb 23 2006 - 04:03:07 CST

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