Re: Oracle & WinNT4/2000

Randall, Apparently I mis-understood you. I thought you meant upgrade the servers... Yes we can upgrade the client. Do you have a URL available for the 8.1.6 version of the client... Thanks. Later, Jorge santos@net-lynx.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Randall Barber <rdb55@email.byu.edu> To: Jorge Santos <santos@net-lynx.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Oracle & WinNT4/2000 > They won't let you upgrade the client? That sounds strange. Let them leave > the server at 8.0.5 and you upgrade the Windows Oracle client to 8.1.6. > That is all I was alluding to. I have also been told (though I haven't > tried it) that the Oracle client for linux works well with linux so those > problems don't seem to pester the un*x guys. If I had my way, I'd be on a > un*x box of some sort. > > Hope I understood you correctly, > good hunting > RDB > > > Unfortunately, upgrading the Oracle boxes is not an option. The current > > Oracle version databases are part of a massive, already in production > system > > and is out of the question. We're adding additional components and I > > STRONGLY recommended using PHP for server-side functionality. > > > > If I can't connect to a remote Oracle 8.0.5 from PHP, I'll have to use > some > > other tool, like ASP.... I would really not like to do that there's a > > possibility that the additional components be moved to a Unix box. If I > > initially use ASP, then moving to Unix is out of the question... > > > > Anyone else have this problem (PHP to Oracle 8.0.5)?? > > > > Later, > > Jorge > >