python - What is the most recent cx_Oracle version that supports Oracle client 10.2.0?

Question

Scenario:

• An enterprise application that needs to get data from a very old Oracle database, running version 8.1.7
• According to the Oracle client/server support matrix, client version 10.2.0 is the latest that supports server 8.1.7
• The software stack is python/sqlalchemy/cx_Oracle.

Question:

• What is the most recent version of cx_Oracle that can be built against the 10.2.0 client libraries?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65934302/what-is-the-most-recent-cx-oracle-version-that-supports-oracle-client-10-2-0

Answer 1

Found the info in the release notes:

Version 5.3 (March 2017)

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Dropped support for Oracle clients earlier than 11.2.

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So I suppose the most recent version that supports client 10.2.0 is cx_Oracle 5.2.1.