Re: Oracle and Forms - A history lesson please

"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.verwijderdit.demon.nl> wrote in message news:eaki80t6m6ltetkec1blrehlb24eqsqk57_at_4ax.com...
| On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:55:25 +0100, "Alfie" <not_at_home.com> wrote:
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| >I am just taking a look at Oracle Developer/forms after being away for a
| >long time - I can't remember the last Forms version I've used in anger- 2
or
| >3 I think. I am very rusty!
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| There has been 2.0,2.3 and 3.0. 3.0 dropped the exemacro case and was
| introducing PL/SQL
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| >Anyway, I've just installed 10g and got developer working and I see
| >everything seems to be "client/server" based.
| >
| Incorrect. Oracle dropped client/server with Developer 6.0
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| >I've built and run a simple form which runs itself in an IE browser.
| >
| >My question is, is this the only way Forms works now?
| It is.
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| For instance, can you
| >compile a form into an executable and run it directly against the
database
| >in a similar way as you might build say, a C++ graphical application with
| >ODBC calls?
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| You can't
| According to Oracle client/server is dead.
| However you still can run without Oracle 9iAS when you have Apache.
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| >If so, how?
| >
| >It seems to me this might provide quicker access - or at least startup.
| >
| >Thanks.
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| Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

to run forms standalone in a development environment without 9iAS or apache, you can run oracle's OC4J listener on your workstation -- see MetaLink Note 198297.1

;-{ mcs Received on Fri Apr 23 2004 - 17:47:43 CDT