Re: SQL*Loader 8 on NT - Does it work?

[Quoted] Hi Sybrand,

I know that 7.3.4 is desupported, and at the current rate of pace at which Oracle is releasing new versions and desupporting old ones, it is simply impossible for a smaller company with 15 clients to keep up. Most of our clients still work with Novell Netware, and as you probably know [Quoted] that will be desupported too, so we have more problems than this one already. IMO being professional has nothing to do with allowing big software [Quoted] companies to force a new release upon you each year. This specific problem occurred when one of our customers upgraded his workstations to Windows NT Professional without consulting us first. BTW you didn't answer my question, and FYI: we ARE working on an upgrade to [Quoted] Oracle 8 - with version 9 already being released...

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:tj4er9i10ufj0a_at_beta-news.demon.nl...
>
> "Henk Hultink" <hhu_at_stopspam.stoas.nl> wrote in message
> news:3b31c420_at_news.wau.nl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > We found that there seems to be a problem with SQL*Loader 7.3 on a
> > Windows/2000 client. Is the solution to upgrade to SQL*Loader 8.x? Does
 this
> > work on Win2000 clients?
> > And does SQL*Loader 8 cooperate with an Oracle 7.3.4. database?
> >
> > --
> > H. Hultink
> > Software Engineer
> > Stoas, Division IOAL
> > Wageningen, The Netherlands
> > "Activating Knowledge"
> > http://www.stoas.nl
> >
> > e-mail: hhu_at_stopspam.stoas.nl
> >
> >
>
> In case you didn't know: Oracle 7.3.4 has been desupported and it has
 never
> been certified against Win2k.
> So if it works: lucky you. If it doesn't work: your out of options, as
> Oracle won't solve your problem.
> Please upgrade before you get into serious trouble.
> I'm always a bit stumped consulting firms continue to use desupported
> software, IMO this is simply unprofessional, and it is one of the issues
 on
> which I have a difference of opinion with my management (I am a consultant
> myself).
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
>
>
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