Turkbear wrote:
> Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist_at_no.spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Peter Sylvester wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm trying to connect a 8.0.5 Windows client (under W2K, running older
>>>forms app on client) to a 9.2.0.3 database server on Solaris.
>>>
>>>Is this possible? I could not get it to work - got various TNS related
>>>errors depending on what was in tnsnames.ora.
>>>
>>>I was able to get the 8.0.5 client to connect to an 8.1.7 database on
>>>the same Solaris server. I used the net80 Assistant, as I know there is
>>>some sensitivity to formatting in the earlier 8.X releases.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>--Peter
>>>
>>
>>Why not install the 9 client on the windows machines?
>>
>>I have up to 400 windows machines connecting to various oracle versions,
>>until recently everything from 7.2 on AIX to 8.1.7 on Windows and
>>Solaris, and always use the latest client available, no problems so far...
>>
>>hth
>
>
> Well, you will find a problem..The 9.2 client will not communicate with your v7 Oracle databases...( If you still have any)
>
> As to the OP's problem, I have used the 8.0.x client to connect to a 9.2 ( needed to do exp/imp for an older 8.0.x version
> from the 9.2 data)
> but, your advice is sound, upgrade the client.
>
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To 8.1.7 (8i), preferably - it can still connect to V7, and will connect 9i
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Regards, Frank van Bortel
Received on Thu Oct 23 2003 - 15:21:01 CDT
