Re: using oracle 817 driver against oracle 92 database

From: Paul Drake <discgolfdba_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:19:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DE35C.20040127101925@fatcity.com>

David Hau <davehau123_at_netscape.net> wrote:
> As long as you're not using any 9.2 feature, you
> should be fine. IIRC,
> according to Oracle's upgrade policy, the client and
> the server are
> compatible within one major version.
>
> Even if upgrading to the 92 client is not an
> emergency, you should at
> least upgrade the 817 client to the latest patch
> level 8174 (or the
> latest minor patch level if it's a Windows client,
> i.e. 8.1.7.4.10 or
> something like that; check metalink for the
> latest.).
>
> Regards,
> Dave
1. Pentium IV issues with JRE.
2. They're going to have to install a 9.2 client eventually, why start off with software that should have already been obsoleted.
3. sqlloader direct path load (as well as exp, imp)
4. sqlplus tracing functionality in 9.2

> gurelei_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Hi all:
> >
> >I just learned that our application team is using
> >oracle 817 driver to connect to a oracle 92
> >application (via das and via websphere). Is anyone
> >aware of any big problems with that setup? I am
> going
> >to recommend to upgrade to oracle9, but I don't
> think
> >this is an emergency. Am I wrong?
> >
> >thanks
> >Gene
> >
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