Re: [cx-oracle-users] 10g oci.dll on 8.1.7

[JP G. <jpg...@gm...>]

That helps a lot, thank you! I will uninstall and try version 9i.

Thanks again,
JP

On 2/22/06, Amaury Forgeotdarc <Ama...@gl...> wrote:
> JP Glutting wrote:
> > Ok, I am back with another attempt to use cx_Oracle. I have downloaded
> > the Oracle              Database 10g Express Edition from the website.
> > So, I have a match between the cx_Oracle module (I
> > uninstalled the old one and installed the 10g version) and
> > the oci.dll library. cx_Oracle imports fine.
> >
> > Now, I am fiddling around with the connection, but it is not
> > clear that I can connect to an Oracle 8.1.7 database server
> > with a 10g client library. I am hoping it is backward
> > compatible (the earliest version available on the Oracle site
> > is 9i, so I can't get a matching version).
>
> In principle, Oracle versions try to be interoperable.
> In practice, a jump of two versions can have problems.
>
> > Am I out of luck? I am getting errors when trying to connect,
> > but before I try to work out the correct protocol, can
> > someone tell me if this is even possible?
>
> On Oracle support site, I found this statement:
> """
> An ORA-3134 error is incorrectly reported if a 10g client tries to
> connect to an 8.1.7.3 or lower server
> """
> Do you get this error?
>
> You may try to use Oracle 9 client instead.
> We have successfully used versions 9.2.0.4 and up to connect to various
> databases: 8i, 9i, 10g.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Amaury
>
>
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