Re: Pro*C backward compatibility

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Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 18:25:07 GMT
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ORACLE 8.0.x recognizes SQL*NET2, which is what the 7.3 PRO*C uses, so you should be ok. I presume 8i (8.1.x) will be okay (we haven't moved there yet.)

In article <37096b67.0_at_grucom4.gru.net>,   "Bill Sanns" <sannswj_at_gru.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know if Pro*C is backward compatible? We currently have Oracle
> 7.3.4 but are waiting for 8i before we upgrade. We would like to use Pro*C
> and PHP (www.php.net -- third party freeware) to do some development. We
> are currently using Java for all our development, but are not satisfied with
> its performance. We need OCI8 for the PHP, but I don't think that it can be
> used for any other 7.x development. I can't afford to buy the 7.x version
> and upgrade in just a couple of months, and I don't think that I can afford
> to wait until we upgrade to 8i (could be 6-8 months in our office) to begin
> writing the new code for our middle tier. Any information (or advice) would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Bill
>
>

Joseph R.P. Maloney, CCP,CSP,CDP
MPiR, Inc.
502-451-7404
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