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Oracle didn't certify any of their products for XP, and windoze sw is
usually not 100 percent downwards compatible.
That should be enough, shouldn't it, or you must be really audacious.
Regards
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
"Glenn Nyhan" <gnyhan_at_bayarea.net> wrote in message
news:9r5fjt$dp$1_at_localhost.localdomain...
> I have the same question i.e. Does anyone know yet whether Oracle 8i
> Standard Edition is compatible with the new Microsoft XP operating system?
I
> am running Oracle 8i Standard Edition (installed Sept 1999) on a NT 4.0
> workstation but the computer is aging and will have to be replace at the
> beginning of the New Year. In view of replacing the computer and
> re-installing Oracle 8i on the new machine, I was wondering if I should
have
> the shop that makes my computers for me
> install NT 4.0 or if I can move to XP and still run 8i without problems?
And
> what about running Forms 6i and Reports 6i? Will they work as well.
>
> Thanks in advance to whoever can answer this question.
>
> Glenn
>
>
> Bigpond Newsgroups wrote in message ...
> >I just spoke to an Oracle Rep this morning... He said they had received
an
> >internal communication stating that Oracle 9i was certified for XP.
> >
> >Can anyone elese confirm that before I leap over the edge?
> >
> >"Robert Chin" <chinman_at_optonline.net> wrote in message
> >news:X19x7.196671$w7.32031067_at_news02.optonline.net...
> >> If anyone has installed Oracle on XP or is going to....
> >> Please let us know how it goes.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 24 2001 - 00:44:20 CDT
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