Running PowerBuilder 7, Oracle 8.0.6, can we just upgrade the database?

[Former Member]

I work at DTE Energy in Detroit and we have an application running on PowerBuilder 7 with Oracle 8.0.6 as the database. Can we convert the database to Oracle 11? Will the application still work or do we have to upgrade to a newer version of PowerBuilder.

Thanks

Mike St. Onge

[former_member190719 · Accepted solution]

As far as the he application itself it should work fine.  It will continue to use 8 features, which 11 will still support.

The Oracle client layer may be an issue though.  The oldest thing we're still using is PowerBuilder 9. It has a driver for Oracle 9 that works fine with Oracle 10 and Oracle 11.

I don't know that the Oracle 8 client layer will support 11, so you'll likely have to upgrade the Oracle client layer.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Bruce.

I forwarded your note to our DBA.

Mike