Re: *Oracle 8 compatibility?

scott_at_lighthouse.softbase.com wrote:

> I'm extremely curious as to how compatible Oracle 8 will be with
> older
> binaries.
>
> Right now, I have a library which accesses Oracle. I'm writing to
> 7.1,
> which is the lowest common denominator right now. Binaries compiled
> with its Pro*C will run on 7.later-than-1 versions. I have to be
> able to support almost everyone with what I develop on my HP
> workstation.
>
> Oracle is *not* backwards compatible in the sense that 7.0 can't run
>
> 7.1 binaries. (I learned that the hard way!) It's only upwards
> compatible.

Er, you mean *forwards* compatible, for a 7.0 binary to run on a 7.1 system. Oracle *is* generally backwards compatible.

>
> Is that true with 8? Will my 7.1 binaries still run, or will they
> have
> to be recompiled? Linking is not a problem, since my library is
> linked
> in with the user's Oracle libraries.
>
> Scott

I would say you will almost certainly have to both recompile and relink your Pro*C programs moving from 7.1 to 8. We had to do this moving from 7.1 to 7.3 Oracle on AIX, the 7.1 binaries would not run, as they were looking for older, 7.1 version libraires. Since recompile and relink they have run just fine.

Steve Phelan. Received on Wed Apr 30 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT