I'd always tought that support was:
1 level up, 2 levels down.
A V8.2 client should be able to connect up to V??? and down to V7.1.0 or
V7.2 server.
A V7.2 + client should be able to connect to A V8.1. server (I don't think
a V8.2+).

If one has a V8.2 server, I'd think that you'd need a V8.1 or V8.2 client.
But then you'd be ready for V?? coming out sometime in this near future.
Regards, Pierre.

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Pierre Saint-Jacques
SES Consultants Inc.
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> <leonardobgil@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136902768.102500.122950@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> We have db2 8.2 clients connecting to 7.2 databases all the time
>> without any problems.
>>
>> I am not sure where those errors are coming from, but I don't think
>> they are related to the client version, but to something wrong on the
>> server itself.
>>
>> The only annoyance of the 8.2 admin client is the health center status
>> beacon, which writes worthless messages to the db2diag.log
>>
>> To disable it (tools -> tools settings -> health center status beacon
>> -> uncheck everything).
>
>
> It may work for your limited range of SQL statements, but it does not work
> for everything. IBM does not support clients connecting to back-level
> servers, even when 7.2 supported.
>