Re: How To Get Oracle 8.1.7 Client?
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 09:43:33 -0500
Message-ID: <73elovoa5ntvrju35rlmps3604c26i6nb8_at_4ax.com>
duffymo_at_yahoo.com (duffymo) wrote:
>My company has licensed copies of Oracle 7.3.4, 8.1.6, and 9.2.0.1
>server. Each has its own clients, of course.
>
>I'm installing a third-party package that EXPLICITLY asks that the
>8.1.7 client be installed for proper operation. I went to the Oracle
>download site, but couldn't find an unbundled Oracle 8.1.7 client
>anywhere. Google has turned up a lot of educational links, but no
>place where I can download the software.
>
>Can someone tell me where I can go to get it? Thanks - MOD
AFAIK, It is only available as part of the bundle...
I have found it rare that an application 'requires' a particular client ( at least a requirement as specific as the 3rd dot level i.e. 8.1.7 , not just 8i)
The 9.2 client is fully backward compatible for all but the V7 databases...
The differences between the 8.16 and 8.1.7 versions of Oracle were mostly ( if not entirely) at the server side, not the client, so your 8.1.6 client may work as well.( but 'upward' compatibility is not guaranteed, so I would 'bite the bullet' and download the 8.1.7 package)
hth Received on Mon Oct 13 2003 - 16:43:33 CEST