I believe we ran the 5.x ARS against the Oracle 10 for a while. I know I've
used the 8i client against a 10g server. If I remember correctly we only had
to tell our DBA to make sure to set up the instance we connect to with a "SID"
instead of the newer "Service Name".
Run your ARS telling it Oracle is on a remote machine (even if it isn't). On
Solaris I use 4 environment variables:
ORACLE_HOME={path to your Oracle client i.e. /app/oracle/product/8.1.7}
ORACLE_SID={Oracle database instance to connect to}
TNS_ADMIN={Path to your tnsnames.ora file i.e. /var/opt/oracle}
TWO_TASK={Entry in the tnsnames.ora file for your database}
Fred
-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of L G Robinson
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Looking for Oracle 8.1.7 client for Solaris 8
Hi Fred,
It is all about timing... I am planning to move to 7.5 just as soon as
my provisioning group can get my new server in place. But we have some
Sybase licensing issues that have necessitated a migration away from
Sybase "ASAP". So I am trying to make Oracle work with my existing
5.1.2 server while I wait. If that proves to be too difficult, we'll
jump to 7.5 and Oracle.
Back in the 5.1.2 realm, a kind soul out there did make the Oracle
8.1.7 client available to me (Thanks M!). Does anyone have a feel for
whether or not this 8.1.7 client will work against an Oracle 10
server? The 5.1.2 compatibility matrix specifies Oracle server 8 or 9.
I don't think 10 existed at the time. Is Oracle backward-compatible
enough to support the 8 client?
I realize that this configuration is totally unsupported... just
hoping to save some time.
Thanks.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
On Sep 11, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Grooms, Frederick W wrote:
> I did some searching and it appears it is no longer available for
> download from Oracle. My best guess would be a Google search or to
> contact your Oracle salesperson. Is there any reason you have to
> stay on ARS 5.1.2?
>
> Fred
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