Client 8.0.6 doesn't work on win XP

[Javier]

Hello there
As the subject says, I can't make run the client on my XP box.
I tried editing the TNSNAMES.ORA, but it doesn't work
somebody help me....

[sybrandb]

ja******@prodac.com.pe (Javier) wrote in message news:<e0*************************@posting.google.c om>...

Hello there
As the subject says, I can't make run the client on my XP box.
I tried editing the TNSNAMES.ORA, but it doesn't work
somebody help me....

Desupported software on a platform for which the sw wasn't certified.
You need to upgrade to 8.1.7

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

[Hans Forbrich]

Javier wrote:

Hello there
As the subject says, I can't make run the client on my XP box.
I tried editing the TNSNAMES.ORA, but it doesn't work
somebody help me....

You are absolutely correct.

Oracle's 8.0.6 software (released somewhere around 1998/9) was likely
never officially tested or certified on the XP operating system
(released several years later). There have been enough changes in both
products to make this combination completely incompatible and
irrelevant.

Is there any particularly good reason for trying to do this?

Since you are talking client, why not use a current client? The current
ones should be compatible with 8.0.6 server if that's your concern.
(Although if it is, consider upgrading the server s/w)

[Reggie]

Hello,

I think this is not completely true : Client 8.0.6 is in Extended
Maintenance Support. I believe this is because this is the base of
Forms 6i. Forms 6i is Oracle Certified for Windows XP and Windows
2000, if you have installed Patch 13 or higher. Forms 6i was
originally not Certified but under customers pressure Oracle reviewed
there point of view. You can check the Certification Matrix on
Metalink.

Greetings,
Reggie