They should be. However, there are always exclusions. For example,
connections from a 9i client to a v7 server are not supported, and this
implies that ODBC v9 is not compatible with v7 servers. v8 to v7 and
v9 to v8 are OK though.
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"Miguel Orrego" <miguel_at_stressedmonkey.net-nospam> wrote in message
news:3e6f1042$0$21999$cc9e4d1f_at_news.dial.pipex.com...
> Are oracle ODBC drivers backwards compatible? i.e. can I use the oracle
> 8.1.7 client to connect to an oracle 7.3.4 database?
>
> Cheers.
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 12 2003 - 05:31:57 CST
