Re: Oracle 7 on Windows NT

From: Todd Hickey <toddh_at_morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Date: 1996/07/03
Message-ID: <4re749$gao_at_coranto.ucs.mun.ca>#1/1


Davi Blocher (dblocher_at_postoffice.ptd.net) wrote:

: In article <4qrrcb$c2q_at_coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, toddh_at_morgan.ucs.mun.ca says...

: >
: >
: >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 ?

We will be running only TCP/IP. Received on Wed Jul 03 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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