Jared, You're the lucky one. I'm sure I remember an Oracle support statement at a User Group meeting saying that V7 to 9i wasn't supported and in many cases didn't work. If this a production system I'd go with 8.1.7 just to be on the safe side. Cheers, Chris Quoting Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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 > > > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:58:53 +0100, Karsten Weikop <oraclel@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > Just for curiosity: What is the problem with having V7 clients > > connecting to V9. > > > > I know there is a problem with migrating from RDBMS V7 to V8 because > > length of rowid changed and therefore some client applications (e.g. > > forms 3.0) could not use a V8 database. > > > > /karsten > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still > > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 7:34 PM > > To: Oracle-L Freelists > > Subject: Oracle 8i on Windows 2003 > > > > Has anyone here installed, or attempted to install 8i on Windows 2003 > > Enterprise? > > > > Problems encountered and success stories both welcome. > > > > I need to move an app that is in a 7.3.4 database to 8i. The question > > now > > is whether to do it on Windows 2000 or 2003. > > > > Moving to 9i is not an option due to the v7 client. > > > > Linux is also not an option, unfortunately. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Jared Still > > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > Chris Dunscombe Christallize Ltd -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l