Oracle 11g Backward compatibility with older oracle releases

We had to revert to Oracle 10 client (10.1, I believe) in order to connect to an Oracle 8 database. If there is a way to do it using 11.2, I'd like to be schooled.

EDIT: 10.2 will work. Here's the official word:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/install10202-083849.html

"Access to an Oracle Database Server (Oracle8i Release 3 or later)"

And as of 11.1, you're out of luck:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/install11106-087844.html

"Access to an Oracle Database Server (Oracle9i Release 2 or later)"

Oracle doesn't even list version 8 in any compatibility tables on their web site. We verified that current (11g R2) JDBC drivers from Oracle do not work with Oracle 8 database sources. It means that it is not possible to access Oracle 8 databases from the latest version of Oracle SQL Developer because it is using JDBC driver.

While there is a slim chance to be able to access Oracle 8 from some other Oracle 11g client, I would not bet my business on that.

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Subject: Client / Server / Interoperability Support Between Different Oracle VersionsDoc ID: 207303.1

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