Oracle 9.2 and WLS 6.1

Folks,
I noticed Oracle 9.2 is not certified for use with WLS 6.1, but is certified with
WLS 7.0SP1. A couple fof questions:
1) Can the driver and OCI libs provided with WLS7.0SP1 be used in WLS6.1?
2) Is there a down side to using Oracle's JDBC driver instead of the WLS jDriver?
Will this work properly in a WLS6.1/Oracle 9.2 combination?
3) Can the Oracle 9.0.1 libs provided with WLS 6.1 communicate with Oracle 9.2?
Is this in any way preferred to using Oracle's JDBC driver?
Thanks,
Guy

Guy wrote:
Folks,
I noticed Oracle 9.2 is not certified for use with WLS 6.1, but is certified with
WLS 7.0SP1. A couple fof questions:
1) Can the driver and OCI libs provided with WLS7.0SP1 be used in WLS6.1?probably not easily. Class changes etc. If we do package the driver separately, then
yes it will work.
>
2) Is there a down side to using Oracle's JDBC driver instead of the WLS jDriver?Oracle 'support'. Other than that, our type-2 is more reliable than theirs, but their type-4
driver is what I'd start with.
>
Will this work properly in a WLS6.1/Oracle 9.2 combination?sure. Just because we don't test every new driver with all old server versions,
doesn't mean they won't work. We will always work with any jdbc driver
from anywhere, as long as it is standard.
>
3) Can the Oracle 9.0.1 libs provided with WLS 6.1 communicate with Oracle 9.2?
Is this in any way preferred to using Oracle's JDBC driver?Oracle does try to maintain backward compatibility so it should work, but later
stuff usually has some bugs fixed...
Joe
>
>
Thanks,
Guy

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5. If Sequence ID = Highest Sequence ID then display the method of travel as Latest Method of Travel.
6. If First Method of Travel = Latest Method of Travel then display Yes/No as Match.
The issue is cells could be blank in First Method of Travel and Last Method of Travel unless the traveler traveled only once in an year.
Using Oracle's FIRST_VALUE and LAST_VALUE analytical functions, I can get a result like
Traveler | Card Issue Date | Journey Date | Method | First Method of Travel | Last Method of Travel | Match?
ABC | 01/01/2000 | 04/04/2000 | Road | Road | Air | No
ABC | 01/01/2000 | 15/12/2000 | Air | Road | Air | No
XYZ | 01/01/2000 | 04/05/2000 | Train | Train | Train | Yes
XYZ | 01/01/2000 | 04/11/2000 | Train | Train | Train | Yes
Using OBI Answers, I am getting something like this.
Traveler | Card Issue Date | Journey Date | Method | First Method of Travel | Last Method of Travel | Match?
ABC | 01/01/2000 | 04/04/2000 | Road | Road | <BLANK> | No
ABC | 01/01/2000 | 15/12/2000 | Air | <BLANK> | Air | No
XYZ | 01/01/2000 | 04/05/2000 | Train | Train | <BLANK> | No
XYZ | 01/01/2000 | 04/11/2000 | Train | <BLANK> | Train | No
Above, for XYZ traveler the Match? clearly shows a wrong result (although somehow it's correct for traveler ABC).
Would appreciate if someone can guide me how to resolve the issue.
Many thanks,
Manoj.
Edited by: mandix on 27-Nov-2009 08:43
Edited by: mandix on 27-Nov-2009 08:47

Hi,
Just to recap, in OBI 10.1.3.2.1, I am trying to find an alternative way to FIRST_VALUE and LAST_VALUE analytical functions used in Oracle. Somehow, I feel it's achievable. I would like to know answers to the following questions.
1. Is there any way of referring to a cell value and displaying it in other cells for a reference value?
For example, can I display the First Method of Travel for traveler 'ABC' and 'XYZ' for all the rows returned in the same column, respectively?
2. I tried RMIN, RMAX functions in the RDP but it does not accept "BY" clause (for example, RMIN(Transaction_Id BY Traveler) to define Lowest Sequence Id per traveler). Am I doing something wrong here? Why can a formula with "BY" clause be defined in Answers but not the RPD? The idea is to use this in Answers. This is in relation to my first question.
Could someone please let me know?
I understand that this thread that I have posted is related to something that can be done outside OBI, but still would like to know.
If anything is not clear please let me know.
Thanks,
Manoj.

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