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:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of L G Robinson Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:08 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG 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 _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"