Re: Oracle 8 and Forms 3

De-supported does not mean you won't get support, just that they won't create any bug fixes for that version. If you have a stable application on a stable version of Oracle then you should be okay. I wouldn't upgrade to a "supported" version which might not be stable for your application.

Just my $.02 ,
Ruth
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Page <bpage_at_kimball.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:21 PM
Subject: RE: Oracle 8 and Forms 3

> Oracle 7.3.4 goes into desupport the end of this year. I just upgraded
from
> 7.2.3 to 7.3.4 before the end of the year to get back on a supported
> platform and I would like to keep my database on a supported platform.
>
> Last year we started working with IFS to implement their ERP to replace
this
> old application. A couple of weeks ago, everyone had enough of IFS and
said
> thanks, but no thanks. The functionality was not there. The support here
> in the U.S. is inexperienced. And their Asia support is almost
> non-existent. When we first start working with IFS, the plan was to be
> completely moved over to the new application before 7.3.4 went off
support,
> so I was safe. Now that we have to start back at square -2 (they left us
in
> a hole with a new plant in Thailand). Now, there is no way we will get a
> new system in for all our implementations for a couple of years.
>
> We are still on Forms 3 because the group I transferred to last year
bought
> the code for and old ERP system called Avalon a few years back and
modified
> it to make end users temporarily happy and they did not keep it up with
> technology. Now, I get to fight to keep at least the database supported
> even if the application tools are not.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 1:26 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Bruce,
>
> You're going to find that the version of PL/SQL in Forms 3.0 is
> significantly different than the version in Oracle 8. I was maintaining a
> Forms 3 against RDBMS 7.3.4 at a major pharmaceutical firm in Indianapolis
> up until last September. Obviously, you have forms written that you want
to
> keep. But to do that, you'll want to EXPERIMENT with creating packages in
> Oracle 8 that generate exceptions that can be trapped in Forms 3 (lots of
> luck).
>
> Not to be argumentative, but only to prompt some serious thought:
> Why does Kimball need to go to Oracle 8?
> If Kimball sees the need to move to Oracle 8 then why are they still on
> Forms 3?
>
> Tom Harleman
> Indiana Oracle Users Group VP ( www.inoug.org <http://www.inoug.org> )
> Pinnacle Solutions ( www.pinnacle-solutions.com
> <http://www.pinnacle-solutions.com> )
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 11:53 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
> Where can I find a paper or directions on how to get a SQL*Forms, Version
> 3.0 application to run against an Oracle 8 database?
>
>
Received on Thu May 11 2000 - 12:38:54 CDT