Higher ver of Oracle Client connecting to Lower ver of Oracle Server

Hi,
Does anyone has tried or know any issues for the above mentioned subject?
Details are:
OS: HP-UX
Oracle Server version: 8.0.4.4.0
Oracle Client version: 8.1.6 / 8.1.7
Thank you in advance.

Generally, sort of, Net8 should be backwards compatible... best to comfirm with Oracle though.
But, I'm not sure about that DB version. Wasn't anything less than 8.0.5 plagued with bugs?
Hth,
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