Database Client - Server Interoperability betwen different platforms

Hi everyone,
we run a 11.1.0.7 on HP-UX Itanium servers. We use COBOL, and connecting to database is via Database Client libraries (COBOL precompiler, client libraries linked to application). Application, Client and Server are on the same server.
Now we are planning to move database to different server and even to different platform. So finally we would have a HP-UX server with a Database Client software (the same version as database server) with a COBOL procompilers libraries and the database server on different server on IBM AIX server.
Do you thing this is a problem? As I expect there wouldn't be a problem because client and database comunnicates on platform-free (endian-free) protocol OCI or whichever protocol it is.
Thanks for any reactions,
Michal

Hi;
please see Master Note For Oracle Database Client Installation [ID 1157463.1] note which is cover Database Client - Server Interoperability betwen different platforms concept
Regard
Helios

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