DTS connection to Oracle 8; To be upgrated to Oracle 9i. Any guida

I have inherited a Sql Server 2000 instance who's DTS accesses an Oracle 8
database. That Oracle 8 database is going to be upgraded to Oracle 9i soon,
and I was wondering what I have to do to keep this all running. I think I
have to upgrade the Oracle client on the Sql Server box to 9i (since the
Oracle 8 client can not talk to Oracle 9i). Other than that, I am not aware
of anything else I have to do.
Anyone done this before?
Thanks,
Michael
"Snake" wrote:

> I have inherited a Sql Server 2000 instance who's DTS accesses an Oracle 8
> database. That Oracle 8 database is going to be upgraded to Oracle 9i soon,
> and I was wondering what I have to do to keep this all running. I think I
> have to upgrade the Oracle client on the Sql Server box to 9i (since the
> Oracle 8 client can not talk to Oracle 9i). Other than that, I am not aware
> of anything else I have to do.
> Anyone done this before?
> Thanks,
> Michael
|||You should be able to upgrade the Oracle client from 8 to 9i on your side to
solve this problem. My suggestion is to install Oracle 9i on the SQL Server
machine in parallel with the Oracle 8 client. To do this, copy your DTS
package into a new one with a similar name. Create a new DSN that uses the
Oracle 9i client and then test it on the server to make sure the Oracle 9
install worked successfully. Since the Oracle 9i client can read an Oracle 8
database you can switch to this install early and then you'll be prepared
early for the production change on the source database. After the source
database is upgraded to Oracle 9i, you can safely remove the old Oracle 8i
components from your server.
"Snake" wrote:

> I have inherited a Sql Server 2000 instance who's DTS accesses an Oracle 8
> database. That Oracle 8 database is going to be upgraded to Oracle 9i soon,
> and I was wondering what I have to do to keep this all running. I think I
> have to upgrade the Oracle client on the Sql Server box to 9i (since the
> Oracle 8 client can not talk to Oracle 9i). Other than that, I am not aware
> of anything else I have to do.
> Anyone done this before?
> Thanks,
> Michael
|||Also, keep in mind that Oracle's new DATETIME data type has "known" issues
with respect to SQL Server.
Do a search on the net for issues and the workarounds.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas

"Amrith" <Amrith@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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You should be able to upgrade the Oracle client from 8 to 9i on your side to
solve this problem. My suggestion is to install Oracle 9i on the SQL Server
machine in parallel with the Oracle 8 client. To do this, copy your DTS
package into a new one with a similar name. Create a new DSN that uses the
Oracle 9i client and then test it on the server to make sure the Oracle 9
install worked successfully. Since the Oracle 9i client can read an Oracle 8
database you can switch to this install early and then you'll be prepared
early for the production change on the source database. After the source
database is upgraded to Oracle 9i, you can safely remove the old Oracle 8i
components from your server.
"Snake" wrote:

> I have inherited a Sql Server 2000 instance who's DTS accesses an Oracle 8
> database. That Oracle 8 database is going to be upgraded to Oracle 9i
soon,
> and I was wondering what I have to do to keep this all running. I think I
> have to upgrade the Oracle client on the Sql Server box to 9i (since the
> Oracle 8 client can not talk to Oracle 9i). Other than that, I am not
aware
> of anything else I have to do.
> Anyone done this before?
> Thanks,
> Michael