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Hello,

Oracle client version that is supported by UniData EDA is Oracle client version 11 (read it in UniData EDA doc for 7.x and 8.x).  

OS: HP-UX Itanium 11.  
Currently, we are using Oracle instant client 11.2 with UniData 7.3.   I was checking $UDTBIN/edasetup.sh script.  It seems like EDA uses following libraries
/usr/lib/hpux64/libclntsh.so.11.1@ -> /usr/local/instantclient/libclntsh.so.11.1
/usr/lib/hpux64/libnnz11.so@ -> /usr/local/instantclient/libnnz11.so
/usr/lib/hpux64/libocci.so.11.1@ -> /usr/local/instantclient/libocci.so.11.1
/usr/lib/hpux64/libociei.so@ -> /usr/local/instantclient/libociei.so

We need to upgrade Oracle client to be at least 12.2.  I am wondering if I can force EDA to use higher version of oracle client by changing the above symbolic links.  For example, I want to use 19c client.. maybe change sym link to be like below manually?

/usr/lib/hpux64/libclntsh.so.11.1  ->  /blahblah/libclntsh.so.19.1
/usr/lib/hpux64/libocci.so.11.1 -> /blahblah/libnnz19.so
/usr/lib/hpux64/libociei.so -> /blahblah/libocci.so.19.1
/usr/lib/hpux64/libociei.so -> /blahblah/libociei.so

Has anybody tried this?




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Shin Tanaka
SAP Basis Administrator
Ferguson Enterprises
Newport News Va US
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