Re: Oracle 8.1.6 Client and Windows 2000 SP4

Alex wrote:

> Are there any known problems using Oracle 8.1.6 Client Software including
> ODBC and OLE DB drivers on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4?

There are many known problems with 8.1.6. I believe that includes the 8.1.6 Client.

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> Does Oracle recommend using Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000 Clients?

AFAIK, Oracle makes no recommendation about any OS under 8.1.6 as it's been desupported and (I suspect) they no longer care about the version.

If you think of Oracle 8.1.5 roughly like Windows95, you are using the database equivalent of Windows98 (and not SE). Now suppose someone offered you a free download of Windows98-SE - why would you deliberately stay at the older version?

And yes, at http://otn.oracle.com, there is a free download of 8.1.7. As well as 9.x Received on Sun Jan 25 2004 - 16:55:20 CET