Re: Oracle 9i client 10g database

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:27:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1081744011.839378@yasure>

Jay wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I looked for a thread (and I'd think this would have been a common one), can
> you connect a 9i sqlnet client to a 10g database?
>
> From my 9i client box I keep getting :
>
>

>>sqlplus jstrauss/jstrauss_at_tsprd

>
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 9.0.1.0.0 - Production on Sun Apr 11 23:15:33 2004
>
> (c) Copyright 2001 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> ERROR:
> ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
>
> Whereas the same thing works on the 10g box
>
> ~$ sqlplus jstrauss/jstrauss_at_tsprd
>
> SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Sun Apr 11 23:15:37 2004
>
> Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
>
>
> Connected to:
> Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
> With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
>
> SQL>
>
> Thanks
> Jay

Just one question ... why? Is there some cost associated with using the correct client software that has so far eluded me?

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