Re: Oracle versions

daan_vdv_at_yahoo.fr (Daan) wrote in message news:<d34f13a7.0303210130.464eb935_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hello,
>
> I have to migrate an Oracle server from 8.06 to 8.17.
>
> My provider told me that I have to change my Oracle clients.
>
> Do you know if I have to do it ? And if yes, is it possible to make
> the clients migration before ? I mean, do you know if a Oracle Client
> 8.17 can access correctly to an Oracle Server 8.06 ?
>
> Thanks for advance.
>
> Daan.
> daan_vdv_at_yahoo.Fr

If you don't use something specific to 8.1, you can use 8.0 clients to access 8.1. So your provider is probably wrong. It goes both ways, you can use 8.1 clients to access 8.0 server as well. Received on Fri Mar 21 2003 - 17:55:16 CET