Test OLDER clients to the NEW server release where the OLDER release is still covered by Premier Support (formerly Primary Error Correction support) OR is in the first two years of Extended Support (formerly Extended Maintenance support).
Test the NEW client to each OLDER server release where the OLDER release is still covered by Premier Support (formerly Primary Error Correction support) at the time that the NEW version is released.
eg: Precompilers, Export / Import utilities etc.įor a summary of the support status of each Oracle release see Note:161818.1 General Policy Oracle’s general policy is to test and support each new Oracle release for compatibility with older releases thus: 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. This includes support for connections over database links between Oracle versions. Introduction This note gives a summary of the support for interoperability between Oracle client and server versions. Oracle Client / Server Interoperability Support Use this note to understand which Oracle client versions are supported to work with which versions of the Oracle Database.