Re: Is jdbc driver for Oracle 9i compatible with Oracle 8i
Date: 28 Aug 2002 00:57:47 -0700
Message-ID: <233b7a65.0208272357.5eab5312_at_posting.google.com>
lal_at_cs.ucdavis.edu (Manoj Lal) wrote in message news:<e58a4048.0208261246.2120c13d_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
> Does the Oracle 9i JDBC driver work with Oracle 8i. I notice that
> there is a separate link to the
> Oracle 9i JDBC drivers
> (http://otn.oracle.com/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc9201.html)
> and a separate one for
> Oracle 8i JDBC drivers
> (http://otn.oracle.com/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/htdocs/jdbc817.html)
>
> I would want to assume that the driver is backward compatible...
The 9i driver will have no problem connecting to the 8i database. If you're using the thick (OCI) driver, just make sure that the version of the Oracle client you have installed matches the version of the JDBC driver.
Justin Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 09:57:47 CEST