# TOAD Version for Oracle 7 Database

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**Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\
**Created:** [March 16, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-version-for-oracle-7-database/10311 "2011-03-16T02:47:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Coffee](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Coffee)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-version-for-oracle-7-database/10311/1 "2011-03-16T02:47:03Z")

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Hi,

We are having Oracle 7 Database here.

Can anyone please tell which version of TOAD can be used to connect to Oracle 7 database?

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**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-version-for-oracle-7-database/10311/2 "2011-03-16T06:55:05Z")

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V9.7 and lower.

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**Author:** ![Bert\_Scalzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/bert_scalzo/32/274_2.png) [@Bert\_Scalzo](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Bert_Scalzo)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-version-for-oracle-7-database/10311/3 "2011-03-16T07:23:47Z")

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And you’ll need to have an Oracle 8i client (maybe oracle 9i) as newer  
versions of SQL Net disable connecting to such old versions of Oracle ….

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**Author:** ![Coffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Coffee](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Coffee)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-version-for-oracle-7-database/10311/4 "2011-03-16T12:32:27Z")

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Thanks for your replies.

I am sorry, I am pretty new to TOAD, please pardon me if these questions seem trivial.

I was under the impression that we can either use Oracle Client (SQL +) or TOAD to connect to Database. TOAD, as far as I know, does not need any Client to be installed (with it) and can directly connect to the Oracle database.

Having said that, the way I understand, I should either have TOAD 8i (or 7i) or have Oracle Client (SQL +) 8i (or 7i) to connect to Oracle 7 database. Is my understanding correct?

Currently, I have Toad 9i and when I view the drop down of Oracle Clients (while creating new connection), it shows Oracle10g in the list. I tried connecting to Oracle 7 database and got an error, something like: “You need Client version less than 8.1.7 or less to connect to Oracle 7”. (Which seems obvious now)

Should I ask my Team for older version of TOAD (8i/7i) or Oracle Client SQL+ (7i/8i)?

Thanks for your time !!

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**Author:** ![coolwaterz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@coolwaterz](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/coolwaterz)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/toad-version-for-oracle-7-database/10311/5 "2015-07-17T20:55:25Z")

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Can any1 point me to a downloadable 8i? or 7i? I am also trying to connect to oracle 7 using toad.