The compatibility we need to worry about is between the DBD::Oracle we build
and the version of Oracle pointed to by ORACLE_HOME. If they are
compatible, the OCI handles the database communication, normally via
SQL*Net. SQL*Net v2 (or 8) can talk to any Oracle database from 7.1 through
8.x (and probably 9i as well).
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Vandenbroeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vincent Roquencourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Tim Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 07:47
Subject: Re: Connection pb with 2 oracle version! Please help!
> If it works in that direction, it's pure luck. After all, it's not because
we
> make a new version, that we make EVERYTHING incompatible :-)
>
> Vincent Roquencourt wrote:
>
> > Thanks guys!!! it works this way BUT... (there's is always one).. the
> > strange thing is that the same script works if i compile DBI /DBD with
the
> > lowest oracle version (7.3.4).Why? Do we have upward (and not backward)
> > compatibility?
> >
> > (FYI , it also works connecting via OCI and bypassing tnsnames.ora file
with
> > 7.3.4' compiled DBI but i won't use it for update :) )
