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Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534692]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:30

9390512774
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Hi experts ,
when i am trying to connect to the database using sqldeveloper i am not able to connect to database. its giving me an error "Unsupported Oracle database version"
but with plsql developer I am able to connecting. please let me the solution for this issues.
your help is greatly appreciated.

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534693 is a reply to message #534692]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:32

BlackSwan
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SELECT * FROM V$VERSION

post results from SQL above

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534694 is a reply to message #534692]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:35

Michel Cadot
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You are trying to connect to which version number?.
Try to download a newer version of SQL Developer, yours is really old:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html

Regards
Michel

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534695 is a reply to message #534694]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:48

9390512774
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my database is oracle 8i version.

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534696 is a reply to message #534695]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:52

BlackSwan
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I see you do not read & follow simple directions.
newer Oracle version do not inter-operate with older Oracle versions.
Please join 21st Century at your earliest convenience.

It would be helpful if you followed Posting Guidelines - http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/88153/0/

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534697 is a reply to message #534695]

Thu, 08 December 2011 08:52

Michel Cadot
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As far as I know, SQL Developer does not connect to database lower than 8i.
Anyway, download a newer version.

Regards
Michel

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #534741 is a reply to message #534697]

Thu, 08 December 2011 15:30

Littlefoot
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This will probably NOT help; however (talking from my own experience - reality might be different for someone who went deeper into it): TOAD requires Oracle Client to be installed in order to connect to an Oracle database. Having a brand new computer running under MS Windows 7 lead to an idea: install the newest (and supported) Oracle Client - 11g! That wasn't a very good idea - recent (10.x) TOAD version refuses to connect to Oracle 8i (similarly to SQL Developer), so I thought I'd install a lower Client version - let it be 10g. The truth is: instead of a client software, I installed a database (10g Express Edition), and TOAD connected smoothly to 8.1.7.

I'm not sure whether SQL Developer requires Oracle Client or not. If it does, try with 10g (actually, never mind - try to install 10g Client (or 10g XE; experiment a little bit) in any case! You'll get access to useful SQL*Loader, export & import utilities and similar features).

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #598721 is a reply to message #534741]

Thu, 17 October 2013 02:35

rwiener
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Hi,

SQL Developer version 1.2.1 is able to connect to 8.1.7 with limited functionality (prepared reports and browser for objects could not work)..

Next version (tested with 3.2 64-bit) of SQL developer could be "hacked" to connect to 8.1.7 by simply copy file C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1\jdbc\lib\classes12.zip from Oracle client prior 11
into appropriate jdk\jre\lib\ext folder.

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Re: Unsupported Oracle database version [message #598732 is a reply to message #598721]

Thu, 17 October 2013 04:09

John Watson
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rwiener wrote on Thu, 17 October 2013 08:35

Hi,

SQL Developer version 1.2.1 is able to connect to 8.1.7 with limited functionality (prepared reports and browser for objects could not work)..

Next version (tested with 3.2 64-bit) of SQL developer could be "hacked" to connect to 8.1.7 by simply copy file C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1\jdbc\lib\classes12.zip from Oracle client prior 11
into appropriate jdk\jre\lib\ext folder.

Wow! That is a brilliant first post, Richard (assuming that it is correct Razz

). Please keep posting.

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