Re: accessing an oracle 7.3 server with linux box?

joeblow <dadude_at_casselout.dk> wrote in news:pan.2005.03.02.18.27.04.31363_at_casselout.dk:

> We have an oracle 7.3 database that has historical data on it. It
> will stay a 7.3 database until it's decommissioned, probably well
> after I'm gone, if then.
>
> What's the easiest/quickest way to access that database with a client
> on a linux box?
>
> What I'm actually trying to test is just sqlnet connectivity and
> access (this has several purposes, none relevant to this discussion),
> but I think if I can get connectivity with my linux box here, it will
> be very useful in the future. Near future.
>
> From googling, the easiest and quickest is to install the sqlplus
> clients on win4lin, but I'd really prefer a native solution. Is there
> one that's easy and quick?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

V7.3 will NOT interoperate with V9.2.
You can install a V9.0 client & then "talk" to both V7.3 and V9.2 or 10g DB. Received on Thu Mar 03 2005 - 16:47:46 CET