SQL*NET vs Net8 for Oracle8
Is there any reason to use SQL*NET V2 with Oracle 8 instead
of NET8.
We are running 7.3.3 with SQL*NET V2 ( DEC Alpha & Digital Unix
4.x on
server ) Windows 95 on clients. We will soon buy
some new software (
Developer
2000 or Power Builder front end ) and will upgrade the server to Oracle
8. Are there
any problems with NET 8 or is it reasonable to upgrade everything to
the
latest.
None of the existing software or datbase will be used. The only
reason
I ask is
that someone I spoke with mentioned they upgraded to Oracle 8 but kept
the old SQL*NET V2 for some reason I can't remember.
We will also be using Developer 2000 on this new database.
Any input would help us decide. We are leaning towards using all
ver 8
stuff.
Also we are only using about 10 -15 concurrent users and we will
probably
choose TNSNAMES instead of Names Server.
We've not had any problems with Net8. Sometimes people will keep
SQL*Net 2 around on client machines because there may be users who
need
to access different databases with differing versions of the listener.
Or, there may be a product that specifically requires SQL*Net2 (I don't
know of any offhand). I think all-in-all, Net8 is a bit more
efficient
than SQL*Net 2.
I think in your situation you'd be safe to just use Net8.