Re: Two Versions of Oracle Client on one PC?

From: Cristian Veronesi <c.veronesi_at_crpa.it>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:36:33 +0100
Message-ID: <3C727101.E7563BF0@crpa.it>

Detlef Gösmann wrote:

> Does anyone have experience if it is possible to have Ora8 Client and
> Ora9 Client on one PC to work with an Oracle8 database and another
> Oracle9 database. Or have I to decide which version I want to use? Or
> can Ora9 Client work together with Ora8 database or vice versa?

You can either choose to install 8i client only (can connect to a 9i database without problems, except - I guess - if you use the new datatypes) or to install both clients in two separate ORACLE_HOMEs.

HTH
Kind regards, Cristian

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