Re: Oracle 9i client 10g database

Sorry,

I had already installed 10g client, not that that helped, already by the time this message posted.

Jay
"Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:407aa004$0$6542$cc9e4d1f_at_news-text.dial.pipex.com...
> "Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message
> news:opr6b3p3x53d8uqx_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> > > I noticed that you're using a 9.2 client and I'm using a 9.0.1 (not
sure
> > > if
> > > that will matter).
> >
> > It really shouldn't, but 9i Release 1 was such an awful piece of
software,
> > I refuse to install it here to find out!
>
> You don't have to because I already have it. 9.0.1.0 client (Yes I know
but
> I have my reasons) will talk to a 10g database, at least on windowsXP.
>
> <quoting jay>
> > > I'm going to install the 10g client tomorrow
>
> This may or may not be a good idea, I have seen reports that the earliest
> database that this client will talk to is 8.1.7.4 (yes including the
> patchset). Certainly unless this is a test environment this seems rather
hit
> and hope, I'd much rather trying tracing the client and the listener and
see
> what the traces say.
>
>
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> Niall Litchfield
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Received on Thu Apr 15 2004 - 23:52:38 CDT