Re: 8.0.4 clients and 8i server.... Possible?

From: Uwe Schneider <pi_at_richard-schneider.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:52:05 +0000
Message-ID: <3804FF05.E929A415@richard-schneider.de>

Hi Gary,

Gary Cowell wrote:
>
> I have recently installed and migrated an 8.0.4 server onto a linux box
> running 8i.
>
> All is well on the server but I can't seem to make connections to it from
> the clients who are running 8.0.4 on 95/NT. Am I wasting my time trying to
> make this function or should the 8.0.4 client code (net 8, TNS [sometimes
> via ODBC]) talk happily to the 8i server?

I just installed Oracle 8i on Solaris and could not connect from 8.0 clients (linux) or 7.3 clients (Solaris). See: <3800972C.2ED48BB6_at_richard-schneider.de>

The problem was a wrong listener.ora. Try to replace the hostname the listener binds to or the instance name (case is significant!!!).
>
> The only thing I can get to work is tnsping....

The same was here!

Regards!

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Linux - OS al dente! Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 16:52:05 CDT