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servlets are small self contained java apps that run on the server.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK "andres" <andres757_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:dafb9ba3.0108300549.3bc7e691_at_posting.google.com...Received on Thu Aug 30 2001 - 09:49:54 CDT
> Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<3B8D2A80.21AA_at_yahoo.com>...
> > andres wrote:
> > >
> > > I installed IAS 9i on Windows NT.
> > > I'm testing Form Servives with the default configuration and
> > > everything seems to work fine.
> > > I understand there are 2 ways in wich you can use Form Services: CGI
> > > (default) and Cartridge.
> > >
> > > is that right with IAS 9i?
> > > if so, what should I configure in order to be able to use the Forms
> > > Cartridge?
> > > (I tried several things and examples I read in the documentation, but
> > > they didnt't work)
> > >
> > > Thank you very much.
> > > Andres.
> >
> > My understanding was the cartridge was on the way out, the cgi stuff
> > came in around 6.0 I think, and the doco certainly was pushing people to
> > go that way.
> >
> > hth
> > connor
>
> I guess you are right.
> I found new docs, and In the last releases of Forms Services, they
> talk about CGI implementation and Servlets implementation. At the
> beginning I thought servlet was the new name for cartridge (you know
> how Oracle likes to change names !!!!), but later I conclude it's not
> that way.
>
> do you know what exactly servlets are? or what should I do to
> configure them?
>
> Thanks again.
> Andres.