Re: Access Oracle 8 database using Oracle 6 ODBC drivers?

From: ALAN LATTIMORE <alattimo_at_nospam.bioh.com>
Date: 2000/03/21
Message-ID: <8b8ieg$11s8$1@newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com>#1/1

Thanks.

The (failed) attempt used 16 bit O6 (SQL*Net V 1) ODBC drivers to access an O8 database.
The goal is to use any 16 bit (O6-O7) ODBC driver to access the O8 database. As you mentioned, I might be in luck. I'll hunt around for 16 bit SQL*Net V2/V3 compatible ODBC drivers.

Joe Maloney wrote:
> If you are trying to point to the 8i database, you may not have a major
> problem. Set up a new 8i ODBC with the same name as the 16 bit ODBC on
> the work station. There are also 16bit drivers that talk SQL*NET V2
> (O7.1-7.3), which can talk to V3 (O8x). Being ODBC, it could work. If
> you are trying to point to the V6 Oracle with the SQLNET80 (SQL*NET3)
> drivers, it won't work. (ODBC uses SQL*NET to talk to the database.)
Received on Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00:00 CST