Re: Who pushes for client upgrades on workstations - DBAs or Development Group?

Some or many of our applications specify or only work well with or are
supported with only certain versions of Oracle client.  Our "client
services"-type people handle this as part of their application support.
 We've never upgraded Oracle client software just because a newer version
exists (to my knowledge).  We may not be typical and I may not have
understood the question in any typical fashion!  ;-)

Cheers, Wayne

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Taylor, Chris David <
ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I’m just curious how everyone feels about the need to upgrade Oracle
> clients and reasons for doing so in a typical environment.
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> Do you, as the DBA, push for Oracle client upgrades, or do you let the
> Development group (and/or application upgrades) necessitate the upgrade?
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> Personally, I’ve always been of the opinion to let application upgrades
> (for commercial software) and/or the Development Group to push as the PC/LAN
> group (those responsible for workstations) usually handle client installs
> etc.  I have no problem supporting legacy clients (such as 8i) nor newer 11g
> clients.
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> What are your thoughts?
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> Chris
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