Re: Oracle 7 on Windows NT

From: Davi Blocher <dblocher_at_postoffice.ptd.net>
Date: 1996/06/28
Message-ID: <4r1n3u$38e_at_news2.ptd.net>#1/1


In article <4qrrcb$c2q_at_coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, toddh_at_morgan.ucs.mun.ca says...
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>We are in the process of moving our Oracle7 Server from
>Netware to Windows NT. Our environment includes a remote
>database running Oracle v6 and SQL*Net v1.1, which we
>have no control over as far as upgrades are concerned. The
>folks at Oracle tell us that in order for our NT server to
>maintain connectivity to the remote v6 database, we have to
>run v7.2 on our NT box, since v7.3 (the latest) does not
>support SQL*Net v1.
>
>We're really not ecstatic about not being able to use
>Oracle7.3, but such is life. Our concern is if we encounter any
>bugs in v7.2, we cannot move to v7.3 because we will lose
>that very important connectivity to the remote v6 database.
>
>We were wondering if anyone out there is running v7.2 on
>NT, and if so is there any _gotchas_ we should be concerned
>about?
>
>How stable is it?
>
>If needed, could we possibly run two versions of Oracle7
>(v7.2 and v7.3) on the NT box?
>
>We anticipate a database in the range of 8-10 GB. Our NT box
>will be a 486 DX2/66 w/ 32MB RAM. Is anyone out there running
>a DB of this size on NT on an Intel box?
>
>Any responses to the preceding questions would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Todd.
>
>toddh_at_neweast.ca

Do you have any chance of running TCP/IP ? Received on Fri Jun 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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