RE: Oracle 10g client / Oracle 8i database

  • From: Peter McLarty <peter.mclarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: WLJohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:26:43 +1000

Yes that is right, it follows with the upgrade path stuff.
Oracle 8i - 8.1.7.4 can be upgraded to 10G however all other 8i
databases either need to be upgraded to 8174 or need to go to 9i to get
to 10G.


Cheers

Peter


On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 19:16 -0500, Johnson, William L (TEIS) wrote:
> I thought you could only reach an Oracle 8.1.7.4 database with an
> Oracle 10g client?  I know that we receive the following when trying
> to connect to an Oracle 8.1.6.3 database…
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> ERROR:
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> ORA-03134: Connections to this server version are no longer supported.
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> From:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 6:55 PM
> To: ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Oracle 10g client / Oracle 8i database
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> 10g will connect to 8i.
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> 10g will not connect to 7.x however.
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Igor Neyman <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> If I remember correctly, 10g client will not connect to 8i database.
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> OTOH, 9i client will.
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> Igor
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> ______________________________________________________________________
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> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Williams
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 2:48 PM
> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Oracle 10g client / Oracle 8i database
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> List,
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> Some developers are starting a development project. Initially their
> database will be Oracle 8i. Later we will upgrade the database to
> Oracle 10g. The developers are asking if they can start with their
> client PCs at Oracle 10g. Does anybody have any experiences with 10g
> client / 8i database? I would check on Metalink, but I think all the
> 8i information has been removed.
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> Thanks,
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> Dennis Williams
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> -- 
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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