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## Requirements and Compatibilities for Oracle JDBC Drivers

Table 2-1 lists the compatibilities between Oracle JDBC driver versions and Oracle database versions. The JDK versions supported by each JDBC driver version are also listed.

Note: Notice that starting with release 8.1.6, the Oracle JDBC drivers no longer support JDK 1.0.x versions.

##### Table 2-1 JDBC Driver-Database Compatibility

Driver Versions | Database Versions Supported | JDK Versions Supported | Drivers Available | Remarks
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
8.1.6 | 8.1.6, 8.1.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.5, 8.0.4, 7.3.4 | 1.2.x, 1.1.x | JDBC Thin driver JDBC OCI driver JDBC server-side Thin driver JDBC server-side internal driver (supports 8.1.6 database and JDK 1.2.x only) | The Thin driver is now also available in the server with the standard server installation. This has the same usage and functionality as the client-side Thin driver, for accessing a remote database from inside a database.
8.1.5 | 8.1.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.5, 8.0.4, 7.3.4 | 1.1.x, 1.0.x | JDBC Thin driver JDBC OCI driver JDBC server-side internal driver (supports 8.1.5 database and JDK 1.1.x only) | Both client- and server-side drivers offer full support for structured objects when run against an 8.1.5 database.
8.0.6 | 8.0.6, 8.0.5, 8.0.4, 7.3.4 | 1.1.x, 1.0.x | JDBC Thin driver JDBC OCI driver Note: the JDBC server-side internal driver is not available for 8.0.x and prior versions. | .
8.0.5 | 8.0.5, 8.0.4, 7.3.4 | 1.1.x, 1.0.x | JDBC Thin driver JDBC OCI driver Note: the JDBC server-side internal driver is not available for 8.0.x and prior versions. |
8.0.4 | 8.0.4, 7.3.4 | 1.1.x, 1.0.x | JDBC Thin driver JDBC OCI driver Note: the JDBC server-side internal driver is not available for 8.0.x and prior versions. |
7.3.4 | 7.3.4 | 1.1.x, 1.0.x | JDBC Thin driver JDBC OCI driver Note: the JDBC server-side internal driver is not available for 8.0.x and prior versions. |

Notes: Different JDKs require different class files--classes in `classes12.zip`, `classes111.zip`, and `classes102.zip`, respectively. The JDBC drivers do not support structured objects when run against an 8.0.x database. This is because JDBC depends on PL/SQL functions that did not exist in those releases. There is no structured object or LOB support in Oracle 7.3.x. Any client-side driver might work with 7.x databases prior to 7.3.4, but this has not been tested and is not supported.

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