Oracle 9i Client and 8i Database

[stevenriz]

I read thread186-481722 and we are having an issue. We get table not found errors while trying to use imp or exp from the 9i Solaris client. Some posts suggest this is not compatible and that we need to install the 8i client.
1. Can this be done?
If not...
2. Can the 8i and the 9i clients both reside on the same machine knowing there are common areas /var/oracle etc??

We are ONLY interested in the import and the export utilities.... Thanks!

 

[alexhu]

Install the 8i client in a different $ORCALE_HOME

Whats in /var/oracle ?

Oracle installs have always been 'standalone' on the UNIX's I've worked on

Alex

 

[stevenriz]

I will give it a shot. Sorry, I meant /var/opt/oracle. I don't know what will happen with these files...

$ pwd
/var/opt/oracle
$ ls
oraInst.loc oratab
$