Re: Client tools crash consistantly on 98..

In article <MPG.11b68196b3952ba0989684_at_client.se.news.psi.net>, news2_at_baxnet.net (Greg) wrote:

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>Running 8.04.00 client on a stable Win98 machine.
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>Any attempts to connect from the 98 machine to the NT server (Ora 8.04
>also) promptly abends on 98 ("program performed illegal operation and
>will be shut down"). SQLPlus will do this, as well as any other Oracle
>tool. This happens after I fill in the id, password and the connect
>string.
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>Are there updates to this 8.04? Is this a known problem? I'm running
>the eval CD. I also have the 8.05 (8i) CD, but I cannot install on 98 if
>another version of Oracle clients already exists on the HDD... or so the
>install says.
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>Thanx - Greg

There is a patch for Net8 version 804 that fixes this. Download files "readme.txt" and "80407.exe" from

ftp://oracle-ftp.oracle.com/server/patchsets/wgt_tech/server/windowsNT/network/net8/80407/

Instructions are in the readme. Or else upgrade to 805. Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 23:38:24 CDT