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Why am I getting the "NJS-138: connections to this database server version are not supported by node-oracledb in

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node-oracledb 6.0 Thin mode supports Oracle Database Release 12.1 and later. Please see the following documentation: node-oracledb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/appendix_a.html#id1 for the supported Oracle releases for both the Thin and Thick modes. Node-oracledb 6.0 is a 'Thin mode' driver by default. You can switch to Thick mode for Oracle Database 11g support or upgrade your database version.

Context: Stack Overflow #76429178 (accepted answer, 3 votes): I tried using the latest node-oracledb 6.0.1 thin mode to connect my simple Node.js app to my Oracle Database 11g version and got an NJS-138 error. I ran the following simple app using node-oracledb 6.0.1 in Thin mode: ``` const oracledb = require('oracledb'); async function runApp() { let connection; let dbConfig = { user : "scott", password - "tiger", connectString : "YOUR_HOST/orclpdb" }; //oracledb.initOracleClient(); // Get a standalone Oracle Database connection connection = await oracledb.getConnection(dbConfig); console.log('Connection was successful!'); // Run a simple SQL on the...

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