Re: 7 client unable to connect to 9i DB

"Asko Tiidumaa" <askot_at_madli.ut.ee> wrote in message news:9oi8nt$fle$1_at_kadri.ut.ee...
> Got a legacy financials system on Windows which has Oracle7 client DLL's
> hardcoded. All other DB's are going to migrate to 9i, but 7 client cannot
> connect to 9i database, got a ORA-01004 error (default username feature
> not supported; logon denied). And 9i got a 00600 into alert log file.
>
> Any solutions to this, anything else but selfwritten SQL*Net protocol
> gateway? Oracle says, that 7.3.4 is not supported and you're on your own.
>
>
> TIA,
> Asko...
>

Just make up for yourself how many versions there have in between 7.3.4 and 9i.
Question: Do you expect windows 3.1 to work on a Pentium 4? No? So why do you expect sqlnet 2.3.4 to work against 9i? Downwards compatibility never has exceed more than 2 major releases. I also think 'a self-written sqlnet gateway' project is bound to fail if you don't have the formal specification and your license prohibits reverse engineering.
I would try to waste my energy on pressing management to drop that financial crap, instead of going to venture into hopeless projects.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Regards Received on Sat Sep 22 2001 - 15:41:56 CDT