Thanks Mike. I think the best course at this point is to point the app at a V9 database and let a couple of users pound on it, and see what happens. Worst case I have to go back to 8i. Jared On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:27:52 -0500, mhthomas <qnxodba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Jared, > > There may be issues with V7 OCI for some programs when connecting to a > V9 database. I guess it depends what you want to do. Tests might be > required, or you may find potential issues via research. > > We had problems with our PowerBuilder applications connecting to V9 > that were based on a V7 client. Its been a while and I don't have the > error messages, but they can be found on the Sybase support site if > you are using PB. IIRC, we had to upgrade our PB, recompile our > applications, and run at least a V8 Oracle client. > > HTH. Good luck. > > Regards, > > Mike Thomas > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:25:13 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l