Content Delivery database client support history
SDL Web 8.5 Content Delivery has a number of changed database client prerequisites compared to SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 HR1 or SDL Web 8 with Cumulative Update 1 applied.
In the following table: N=not supported, Y=supported, D=Deprecated (support may be dropped in the following version release), Dr=Dropped (support is definitely dropped in the following version release):
| Database client | 2013 SP1 HR1 | v8 | v8.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (9.7 GA) | D | N | N |
| Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Server | Y | N | N |
| Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.2 for SQL Server | N | Y | N |
| Microsoft JDBC Driver 6 for SQL Server | N | N | Y |
| Oracle JDBC driver 11.2.0.3 | Dr | N | N |
| Oracle JDBC driver 12.1.0.1 | Y | N | N |
| Oracle JDBC driver 12.1.0.2 | N | Y | Y |