Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd7cy2so!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!news3.optonline.net!newshosting.com!news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Sybrand Bakker Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: client/server connectivity between Oracle versions Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:11:57 +0100 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <01d2rvsvotg97ac9s6hnkm6kufi26iqbt6@4ax.com> Sender: Sybrand Bakker Reply-To: Sybrand Bakker References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 19 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.oracle.server:247456 On 11 Nov 2003 15:54:08 GMT, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >Are there any restrictions or rules which server versions can work with what >client versions of Oracle? > >Can a 8.0.5 client connect to a 9i server? >Can a 9.2 client connect to a 8.0.5 server? 1 Oracle downwards compatible, lower version clients can connect to higher version servers 2 Might work, but also might not. The other poster misinterprets the term 'downwards compatible' 9.x to 7.3.4 doesn't work. -- Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA