How about this? from metalink <Note:3437884.8> 10g clients report an ORA-3134 when connecting to any database version below 8.1.7.4. This error should only be reported for database versions below 8.1.7.0. Versions 8.1.7.0 to 8.1.7.3 should allow 10g clients to connect to them. -----Original Message----- From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:18 PM To: dbamail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ORACLE-L (E-mail) Subject: Re: 10g to 8.1.6 or 8.1.7 > > Has anyone been able to make 10g talk to 8.1.6 or 8.1.7? Using 10.1.0.2 sqlplus to connect to 8.1.7.4: SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Oct 18 12:15:24 2004 Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.4.0 - Production -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l