Re: Oracle 8i on Windows 2003

Thanks Mike.

I think the best course at this point is to point the app at a V9 database and let a couple of users pound on it, and see what happens.

Worst case I have to go back to 8i.

Jared

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:27:52 -0500, mhthomas <qnxodba_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jared,
>
> There may be issues with V7 OCI for some programs when connecting to a
> V9 database. I guess it depends what you want to do. Tests might be
> required, or you may find potential issues via research.
>
> We had problems with our PowerBuilder applications connecting to V9
> that were based on a V7 client. Its been a while and I don't have the
> error messages, but they can be found on the Sybase support site if
> you are using PB. IIRC, we had to upgrade our PB, recompile our
> applications, and run at least a V8 Oracle client.
>
> HTH. Good luck.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Thomas
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:25:13 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Apparently I was mistaken on the V7 client not being able to connect
> > to a V9 database.
> >
> > I just set it up, and it appears to work fine.
> >
> > Thanks to all that replied.
> >
> > Jared
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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