> > 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