On Mar 29, 1:45 pm, faceman28..._at_yahoo.com wrote:
> I have compiled an application with the 10g libraries. When I run it
> with a 10g database, it works fine.
>
> The powers that be would like the same application to be able to work
> with an 8i database. So when I take the same application and change
> the SID to point to the 8i database I get these errors
>
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
>
> If I take the exact same code and link with the 8i libraries, it works
> fine.
>
> Is it possible to run the 10g-linked code on an 8i database. If so,
> what am I missing here?
In case anyone runs into this problem in the future and needs a
serious answer -- You have to specify the database name. You can't use
the default of "".
Received on Fri Mar 30 2007 - 14:25:30 CDT
