I recently upgraded my oracle client to 10g (10.2.0.1.0).
Now when I try to connect to a legacy 8.0 database, I get
ORA-03134: Connections to this server version are no longer supported.
Is there any workaround for this problem, or do I have to install two clients on my local machine?
Yes, you can connect to an Oracle 8i database with the 10g client, but the 8i Database requires the 8.1.7.3 patchset, which you can get from Oracle's Metalink support site (requires login).
Here's an Oracle forum post with the details.
If updating your Oracle Database isn't an option, then you can have 2 different clients installed (in different "Oracle Homes" (or directories), and use the selecthome.bat file to switch between your installed clients.
For example, before connecting to 8i, you'd run:
C:\Oracle\Client1_8i\bin\selecthome.bat
or this to use your Oracle 10g client:
C:\Oracle\Client2_10g\bin\selecthome.bat
I had to connect a C# code to an Oracle 7 (I know you it's 8...)... the only way I get it was to get the CD to install the Oracle Server and to go in the "Optional Configuration Component" and to use the Oracle73 Ver2.5.
I think you should go check the CD of the Oracle 8 Server and check if an ODBC is still available.
The best way to connect an Oracle 8.1.7 and higher is through Instant Client. Download Instant client 10.2 from oracle site, copy all files in the same folder where .NET assemblies resides and use classes located in System.Data.OracleClient. This work for me in .NET 4 project and oracle DB 8.1.7 server.
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I'm trying to connect to an Oracle 19C database. I have installed two Oracle Clients (11g and 12c) because we need to support legacy programs. I can connect with no issue with any user using sqlplus through the 12c client. But if I use the 11g (11.2.0) client with any user. I always get:
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
Both clients have exactly the same sqlnet.ora and tnsnames.ora files, so both clients point to the same database.
Any idea? Do I need to set some specific configuration in the 19c server? Or do I need to make some change in the 11g client? Is this even possible?
Thank you.
Have a look at Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix for Different Oracle Versions (Doc ID 207303.1)
#9 - 11.2.0.3 or 11.2.0.4 only. For Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, there is additional limitation and 11.2.0.4 is the minimum supported client version.
Usually it is a bad idea to install more than one Oracle client (i.e. one each for 32-bit and 64-bit).
For some components, e.g. "Oracle OleDB Provider" it is even not possible to have more than just one version (again, one each for 32-bit and 64-bit) installed. This is a limitation of the old Windows COM architecture.
For other components it may work, however you need to set your %PATH% environment variable accordingly that it points to the correct folder where currently desired version is installed.
Add to sqlnet.ora
SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_CLIENT=11
SQLNET.ALLOWED_LOGON_VERSION_SERVER=11
Change the password in 11 client
In my current project, facing problem of connecting the oracle server from oracle client. Here are the details
Oracle Server 12.2.0.1 64-bit
Oracle Client 12.2.0.1 32-bit
But after analysis, I noticed that I have a common requirement to connect all the oracle servers e.g. 11g, 12c, 18c, 19c from any of the oracle client.
I tried to find common version of oracle.dataaccess.dll which will work for all the above oracle servers from any of the oracle clients. But I couldn't able to find. For example 4.122.19.1 works for all the servers only if client is 19c. For 12c client, it's not working and so on. Is there any common version of oracle.dataaccess.dll available to serve this purpose?
Or do I need to use some other assembly in my project?
I also tried to use Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.dll. But it has an issue of locating the tnsnames.ora.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
I'm beginner level oracle developer. I have SQL developer installed on my machine. And I wanted to install Toad for oracle too. But When I tried to install Toad, it gave me an error:
No Valid Oracle Clients found. You need atleast one 64- bit client properly configured.
Can someone explain why I'm getting this error?
Because SQL Developer ships with its own JDBC driver, which doesn't require an oracle client to connect to the Database.
If you have a compatible Oracle Client sitting around, you can tell SQL Developer to piggyback on that client for connections - but THAT IS NOT required.
T.O.A.D. is a windows executable that needs an Oracle Client to connect to a database. An Instant Client is the easiest way to get going.
My team are trying to migrate from ORACLE 10g to 11g. These are our system specs:
Our current production server:
ORACLE 10.2g
ORACLE Application Express(3.0)
Apache
Red Hat 64 bit
Our new server (not yet in production):
ORACLE 11.2g
ORACLE Application Express (4.1.1)
ORACLE HTTP Server
Red Hat 64 bit
We have managed to setup 11g, install APEX 4.1 and apply the recent patchset.
The only bit that's delaying us with our migration is that our business users have access to Crystal Reports XI, MS Access/Excel 2003 whcih they use to connect to our database. A typical user has Window XP SP 3 (32bit) operating system. At the moment we are using Microsoft ODBC for Oracle driver (version 2.575.1132.00) to connect to our 10g Database and have not had any issues. However when we try connect to 11g we keep getting ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel errors. In ORACLE SQL Developer, we're able to connect to our 11g instance using the "basic" connection. I have also used the "TNS" entries and that works well.
I think the business users obtained the Microsoft ODBC for Oracle driver by installing ORACLE Discover 3.1.3.6 which is used for another Oracle DB. They also have Oracle Client 7.3.3 which I can see Oracle73 (2.00.03.01) mentioned in the ODBM Data Source Admin screen.
We have tried googling for a result and after various tests, we have come to the conclusion that it is an ODBC driver issue. As far as our understand it ORACLE SQL Developer uses a different JAVA based driver to connect so it does not use the Microsoft version.
Can someone confirm that our understanding is correct about there being a compatibility issues with Microsoft ODBC for Oracle driver (version 2.575.1132.00) and 11.2g?
If so, what could you recommend a compatible driver to use with Crystal and Access/excel to extract the data?
I think the business users obtained the Microsoft ODBC for Oracle driver by installing ORACLE Discover 3.1.3.6 which is used for another Oracle DB. They also have Oracle Client 7.3.3 which I can see Oracle73 (2.00.03.01) mentioned in the ODBM Data Source Admin screen.
The Microsoft ODBC Driver for Oracle is written using an ancient version of the OCI (Oracle Call Interface) API that was deprecated when Oracle 8 was released (which was more than a decade and 11 major releases ago). Microsoft chose to desupport this driver rather than port it to the new version of the OCI API. Oracle 7 clients can connect to Oracle 10.2 databases but Oracle does not support connections between Oracle 7 clients and Oracle 11.2 databases.
You'll need to upgrade the version of the Oracle client that is installed on the business user's machines and you'll want to use the latest version of the Oracle ODBC driver that is appropriate for that version of the Oracle client. Assuming that you install the 11.2 version of the Oracle client (the only reason not to upgrade all the way to the 11.2 client would be if the users still needed to connect to older databases that don't support connections from an 11.2 client), you'd want to use the most recent version of the 11.2.0.x Oracle ODBC driver. The Oracle client install should also have the option to install a version of the Oracle ODBC driver-- that should be sufficient as well.
Recently we have developed an application which connects to oracle database for fetching records. For fetching records, we are using OLEDB for Oracle. Application runs fine on my machine by connectng properly with Oracle ,since i have oracle client installed on my machine. Now i tried to test application on another machine, which doesnot have any oracle instance/Client installed on his machine. Application fails to connect to oracle central DB Server. Is it necessary for users to install oracle client on their machine before the application communicates with Oracle.
Here is Connection string
connectionString="Provider=msdaora;Data Source=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=XYZ)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVER=DEDICATED)(SERVICE_NAME=abc.com)));Persist Security Info=False;User Id=mahens; Password=XXXXXXXXX" providerName="System.Data.SQLOLEDB"/>
The above code is for OLEDB for oracle. Is there any thing i required to install for connecting to central Oracle DB server from my windows application(.NET application installed on local machine).
If we try to use ODP.NET dll and include those dll's along within BIN directory,will that work?..Can any1 tell me a way wherein user need not install any oracle Client on their machine and communicate to server.
-Mahender
I believe you always need the oracle client installed as everything in .net ultimately uses ODP.NET. However, you can use the Oracle Instant Client to make your users' setup process easier.