Re: Oracle 8 Client compatible with Oracle 9 ?

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:57:20 GMT
Message-ID: <3D0E06D2.E6A8F135@exesolutions.com>

"Nuno Gonçalves" wrote:

> Hello all !
> Does anyone knows if oracle 8 client is compatible with oracle 9 server ?
> I have linux red hat 6.2 with oracle client 8 and sqlplus seems not to
> connect
> to the oracle 9 server !
>
> It connects to a oracle 8 server !
>
> thanks in advance...

Why?

Why take a chance on something being forward compatible?

Why not just install the Oracle 9 client which IS backward compatible?

If you have 9i you have the client so it is not like it is going to cost you money.

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Jun 17 2002 - 10:57:20 CDT