Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 660 invoked from network); 9 May 2007 04:25:44 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by 69.64.49.119 with SMTP; 9 May 2007 04:25:43 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 5AB8F6DB9C0; Wed, 9 May 2007 05:23:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06669-04; Wed, 9 May 2007 05:23:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id CB2C76DB916; Wed, 9 May 2007 05:23:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Wed, 09 May 2007 04:43:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B6AA96DCA44 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 04:43:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02082-04 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 04:43:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8C05D6DC939 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 04:43:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 60so119306wri for ; Wed, 09 May 2007 01:45:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EzOYv6xXk9bul79VjOwWzRNGCAj96koeznwxhlXUnLzWL4pXGwz4B57RTpoQ3o8y65EhhQhicJKjfrtowWlmzppI0dbgmKNxqcupx8gICsaSFOuUYbks/EI/LrF2e4/ZtgW0e4CGJNZVWnGGZXMxk6l8QM06/9BY9Ru9mF7e+rA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=druPBlfY7br1NBKVMFBzIldMKV4CIV5DKZHp2dJ+nI4b6QCSXSG7aDpatrpFvXrpc+FBi267QmsK9xJXatKxqR+ptPdhysvycmF1FQ4EGiXkWGdxEEtCNgX8bO3DQEj6veBNZrQaDLQqbOULL187l7H2qFyrEYaDWaJyuey1tmo= Received: by 10.114.107.19 with SMTP id f19mr94596wac.1178700333385; Wed, 09 May 2007 01:45:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.106.4 with HTTP; Wed, 9 May 2007 01:45:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6e49b6d00705090145n4cbbeb7fqef2fead0d17770d5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:45:33 +0300 From: "Gints Plivna" To: neiloverend@gmail.com Subject: Re: Dual homes on application clients Cc: bunjibry@gmail.com, Oracle-L In-Reply-To: <5acbeade0705090038k6b5aa823x208095b7dd1f4d4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline References: <5acbeade0705090038k6b5aa823x208095b7dd1f4d4@mail.gmail.com> X-archive-position: 48802 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: gints.plivna@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-to: gints.plivna@gmail.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain 2007/5/9, Neil Overend : > YMMV but in my experience 9i client works happily against a 10g > database ( and vice versa). We've got a mixture of 9i and 10g and for > tns connections (via SQL*Plus With old SQL*Plus version and new db you can get some suprises because SQL*Plus also parses commands, for example: SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Tr Mai 9 11:40:12 2007 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options SQL> desc t Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- ID NOT NULL NUMBER A VARCHAR2(4000) SQL> drop table t; Table dropped. SQL> flashback table t to before drop; SP2-0734: unknown command beginning "flashback ..." - rest of line ignored. Although one can of course fool it: SQL> begin 2 execute immediate 'flashback table t to before drop'; 3 end; 4 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> desc t Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- ID NOT NULL NUMBER A VARCHAR2(4000) Probably not very common problem though :) Gints Plivna http://www.gplivna.eu -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l