From the readme included with the patch it does mention support for Oracle 8.x.

But I have not tested it.
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Table of Contents
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I. 81sp2 Database Oracle 10g Driver Patch JDK 1.4.2 for WebLogic Platform
II. How to go about this patch?
III. FAQ


I. 81sp2 Database Oracle 10g Driver Patch JDK 1.4.2 for WebLogic Platform
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This Patch enables the following.
* WebLogic Platform support for MS SQL Server, Sybase, and DB2.
* Oracle10g driver with Oracle 9.x, 8.x databases
* JDK 1.4.2

This support is in addition to the 8.1SP02 GA certifications. Please refer to
the docs for more details.

Hi. The fundamental question is whether Oracle supports their 10g driver
connecting to their 8.x DBMS. That should be knowable from the Oracle site.
Joe

Chris Phillips wrote:

> From the readme included with the patch it does mention support for Oracle 8.x.
>
> But I have not tested it.
> ==========
> Table of Contents
> =================
> I. 81sp2 Database Oracle 10g Driver Patch JDK 1.4.2 for WebLogic Platform
> II. How to go about this patch?
> III. FAQ
>
>
> I. 81sp2 Database Oracle 10g Driver Patch JDK 1.4.2 for WebLogic Platform
> ================================================== ===========================
>
> This Patch enables the following.
> * WebLogic Platform support for MS SQL Server, Sybase, and DB2.
> * Oracle10g driver with Oracle 9.x, 8.x databases
> * JDK 1.4.2
>
> This support is in addition to the 8.1SP02 GA certifications. Please refer to
> the docs for more details.

This definately works - I have done a lot of testing with this.
We found that some DDL metadata operations (like gettables) don't work (hang
or get an
exception) when using the deprecated driver name with the 10g
client talking to an 8.1.7 server.
Use oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver instead of oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.
There is no new XA class name.

Note that 8.1.7 will be EOL on all platforms in December 2004.


"Kevin Sharfman" wrote in message
news:4088e844@newsgroups.bea.com...
>
> Hi,
>
> I am planning on applying Weblogic 7 SP5 to our current environment which
is Weblogic
> 7 SP2. Our database is Oracle 8.1.7. Weblogic 7 SP5 updates the Oracle9
drivers
> to Oracle 10 Drivers. Are the Oracle10 drivers that ship with this service
pack
> compatible with our Oracle 8.1.7 version.
>
> Kevin