[Info-vax] Final Orace release on VMS.

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-27, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> Den 2020-10-27 kl. 17:13, skrev Shael Richmond:
>> 
>> I verified with Oracle - this applies to both the client and the database on OpenVMS.   11.2.0.4 is certified to connect to 19c databases but may not connect to anything newer.
>> 
>> This was a bit of a surprise because I thought the 12c migration was pretty far along.
>> 
>> No port of any kind for x86 OpenVMS.
>> 

So no Ada users for x86-64 VMS and now no Oracle users other than Rdb either.

I think it's now reasonable to ask if Rdb will still be available for
x86-64 VMS in 5 years from now.

Given previous comments about how many people still use Rdb, I would
hope that VSI have got a clear agreement from Oracle to continue Rdb
support on VMS for a number of years. I couldn't see anything on their
website however.

>> 
>> Shael Richmond
>> International Paper
>> 
>
> Yes, that is weird. The client API code should not be that complicated.
> At least the older SQL*net client kist wasn't...

If that's the case, why do you think Oracle have dropped the client ?

Simon.

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