Re: 8.1.7 on NT is problem filled..

From: Patrick Dean Rusk <ruskies_at_mediaone.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:48:33 GMT
Message-ID: <lMek6.390$ce4.145767_at_typhoon.ne.mediaone.net>


I had lots of problems with 8.1.7 on NT also, and backed off to 8.1.6.

However, to be fair to Oracle, their documentation does state that Service Pack 6a is required.

Pat

"TurkBear" <noone_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message news:tufo8t408m33vd9dh6kkle2p4ntpgrs4vq_at_4ax.com...
> I would advise caution when upgrading to 8.1.7 on an NT ( sp5 in my
 case)...
> In my installation,the Net8 Assistant fails to run ( the ever popular
 'address
> at 0x00000000 cannot be 'written'' type error ) and the ODBC driver has
> problems( the latest 8.1.7.2, I think) - Going back to the 8.1.6 client is
 not
> fun, but that was the only way I could operate....Oracle Support had a bug
> notice for this problem on Solaris, but had no info for NT....
>
> Just a heads-up, your mileage and experience may vary...
>
>
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