Client / Server / Interoperability Support Between Different Oracle Versions [ID 207303.1]

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Oracle Client / Server Interoperability Support

Introduction

This note gives a summary of the support for interoperability between Oracle client and server versions. This includes support for connections over database links between Oracle versions. Note that this relates to support for investigation of defects / ability to obtain bug fixes.
Note that this is a general guide for interoperability only - certain products or utilities may impose additional restrictions on supported combinations specific to the product / utility. eg: Precompilers, Export / Import utilities etc..
For a summary of the support status of each Oracle release see

General Policy

Oracle's general policy is to test and support each new Oracle release for compatibility with older releases thus:
Test the NEW client to each OLDER server release where the OLDER release is still covered by (formerly ) at the time that the NEW version is released.
Test OLDER clients to the NEW server release where the OLDER release is still covered by (formerly ) OR is in the first two years of (formerly ).
Tests between the NEW version and other OLDER releases may be added where Oracle deems it sensible to support interoperability between those releases.

Current Interoperability Support Situation

The matrix below summarizes client and server combinations that are supported.
New interoperability problems will only be investigated if BOTH releases involved are covered by a valid support contract at the time that the issue is reported .
eg:
A 9.2.0 client to a 10.2.0 server issue requires the customer to have a valid contract for the 9.2.0 client in order for Oracle to investigate it.

Server Version

Client Version 11.2.0 11.1.0 10.2.0 10.1.0 9.2.0 9.0.1 8.1.7 8.1.6 8.1.5 8.0.6 8.0.5 7.3.4

11.2.0 Yes Yes No

11.1.0 Yes Yes

10.2.0 ES ES No Was

10.1.0 ES ES ES Was

9.2.0 ES ES Was Was No No Was No

9.0.1 No No No Was Was Was Was Was No Was No Was

8.1.7 No No Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was

8.1.6 No No No No No Was Was Was Was Was Was Was

8.1.5 No No No No No No Was Was Was Was Was Was

8.0.6 No No No No Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was

8.0.5 No No No No No No Was Was Was Was Was Was

7.3.4 No No No No Was Was Was Was Was Was Was Was

Key:

Yes Supported

ES Supported but fixes only possible for customers with .

Was Was a supported combination but one of the releases is no longer covered by any of Premier Support , Primary Error Correct support , Extended Support nor Extended Maintenance Support so fixes are no longer possible.

No Has never been Supported

Specific Notes:

#2 - An ORA-3134 error is incorrectly reported if a 10g client tries to connect to an 8.1.7.3 or lower server. See .
#3 - An ORA-3134 error is correctly reported when attempting to connect to this version.
#4 - There are problems connecting from a 10g client to 8i/9i where one is EBCDIC based. See
#5 - For connections between 10.2 (or higher) and 9.2 the 9.2 end MUST be at 9.2.0.4 or higher. Connections between 10.2 (or higher) and 9.2.0.1, 9.2.0.2 or 9.2.0.3 are not supported.
#6 - For connections between 11.1 (or higher) database server and 10.1 / 10.2 database server across a database link the 10g end MUST be at 10.1.0.5 / 10.2.0.2 (or higher) respectively in order to use PLSQL between those versions. (This does not apply to normal 11g clients to 10g database server only server to server and a few very specific client products, such as Oracle Forms). See for more details.
#7 - For database link connections between 11.2 (or higher) and 10.2 the 10g end MUST be at 10.2.0.2 (or higher) in order to use PLSQL between those versions. See for more details.
General Notes:
For database links between different Oracle versions connections must be supported in BOTH directions in the matrix above.
eg: As 11.2 -> 10.1 is not supported then database links between these version are not supported in either direction.

Unsupported combinations may appear to work but can encounter errors for particular operations. The fact that they appear to work should not be relied upon - issues on unsupported combinations will not be investigated.
Since new database servers are compatible with a limited set of older OCI clients, it may not be necessary to upgrade the client software when upgrading the database. However, some new features may not work without upgrading the client software. So, for example, an Oracle 10.2 client is able to connect to an 11.2 database, but is not able to take advantage of newer features such as Client Result Cache (introduced in 11.1).
Oracle Applications , or other Oracle products, may have supported configurations not listed in the matrix above.
The matrix above also applies between different platforms and between 32/64 bit releases of Oracle client / server except where any Oracle platform desupport notice indicates otherwise .
Unix BEQUEATH (BEQ) connections are NOT supported between different releases. eg: Client 10.2 is not supported to make an Oracle Net connection to a 11.2 server using the BEQ protocol adapter regardless of the interoperability support listed above. See for more details.

Terminology

for a description of Premier Support, Extended Support, Primary Error Correction Support and Extended Maintenence Support

Client / Server / Interoperability Support Between Different Oracle Versions [ID 207303.1]

Oracle Client / Server Interoperability Support

Introduction

General Policy

Current Interoperability Support Situation

Terminology

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Yes	Supported
ES	Supported but fixes only possible for customers with .
Was	Was a supported combination but one of the releases is no longer covered by any of Premier Support , Primary Error Correct support , Extended Support nor Extended Maintenance Support so fixes are no longer possible.
No	Has never been Supported