Instant Client to connect to Oracle 8i

Does anyone know where I can download a version of Instant Client that is compatible with Oracle Server 8i (8.1.7.0). The only download I can find is for 11.1 and that's not compatible.
All I'm trying to do is setup some OLE DB data sources in SSIS to pull Oracle 8i data into sql server 2005, but getting a little bit more than I bargined for...
Thanks

Here
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/winsoft.html
you can find Instant Client 10.1 and 10.2 for Windows.
These can be used to access Oracle 8.1.7.4, but they do not include an OLE DB provider.
If you want to use OLE DB to access an Oracle 8 server, you'll have to install the regular client (10.2 optimally).
Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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[email protected] wrote:
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odbc.ini
odbcinst.ini
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dltest isql iusql odbc_config odbcinst
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libboundparam.so.1 libgtrtst.so.1 libodbccr.so.1 libodbcinst.so.1 libodbc.so.1
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CPTimeout =
CPReuse =
---odbc.ini
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Lobs = T
Longs = T
MetadataIdDefault = F
QueryTimeout = T
ResultSets = T
SQLGetData extensions = F
Translation DLL =
Translation Option = 0
DisableRULEHint = T
TraceFile = /backup/sql.log
Trace = Yes
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[Oracle 10g ODBC driver]
# odbcinst -q -s
[ora_dns]
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isql: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I have spent 4 days to search on the internet. But it still error.
Pls help me.

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Login to Redhat2 as root and type commands:
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Connected.
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odbc.ini
odbcinst.ini
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FileUsage =
CPTimeout =
CPReuse =
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[ora_dns]
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CloseCursor = F
DisableDPM = F
DisableMTS = T
EXECSchemaOpt =
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Failover = T
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FetchBufferSize = 64000
ForceWCHAR = F
Lobs = T
Longs = T
MetadataIdDefault = F
QueryTimeout = T
ResultSets = T
SQLGetData extensions = F
Translation DLL =
Translation Option = 0
DisableRULEHint = T
TraceFile = /backup/sql.log
Trace = Yes
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[Oracle 10g ODBC driver]
# odbcinst -q -s
[ora_dns]
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isql: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I have spent 4 days to search on the internet. But it still error.
Pls help me.

I don't understand your step 7 (the first step 7, actually).
What is that unixODBC-2.2.14-linux-x86-32.tar.gz, where did it come from, and why are you doing all that?
unixODBC should be installed after step 5.
I guess that that is the cause of your problem.
isql is not linked against readline at all on my RHEL 5 system.
Do you notice any improvement after removing the files from that tar.bz file?
Yours,
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