Re: SQL Forms 3.0 and Oracle 8

From: Ban Spam <ban-spam_at_operamail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 20:40:43 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns91108B25EACE0SunnySD@24.0.3.73>

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in news:tp53bci76ppa88_at_news.demon.nl:

>
> "Ban Spam" <ban-spam_at_operamail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns91105814C1A4CSunnySD_at_24.0.3.73...

>> KoVaL <pkowal_at_stomilsanok.com.pl> wrote in news:3B92345C.60E0BC61
>> @stomilsanok.com.pl: 
>> >>
>> >> Not directly. IIRC, V7.3.2 was the last version of Oracle
>> >> that officially supported Forms 3. By some minor "tweaks"
>> >> we are still running Forms 3 against V7.3.4.5 today.
>> >>
>> >> HTH & YMMV!
>> >
>> > Can You tell me where The Secret is ?
>> >
>> > KoVaL
>>
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>> We have a V7.3.2 tree which is the default ORACLE_HOME.
>> We have a V7.3.4 tree which holds the files for the DB.
>> By using TWO_TASK folks always access the V7.3.4.5 DB
>> while Forms 3 is happy in a V7.3.2 environment.
>>
>> FWIW - This does NOT work with any 8 DB because the rowids changed.
>>

>
> Exactly. Mind you Forms 3 was replaced by Forms 4.5 somewhere in
> 1993/1994.
>
> 8.0 will be desupported end of this month.
> So the 'secret' is to upgrade to 8.1.7
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>

Thanks, but I already was aware that I've been desupported for many, many months.

One of my favorite saysing is - "You can't push a string!" Up until recently I've been unable to convince those who held the purse strings to spend the money to upgrade.

Later this year we'll be upgrading to Forms 6 & 9i DB; with 9iAS thrown in for extra confusion. I suspect that it will be one VERY long weekend. ;-) Received on Sun Sep 02 2001 - 15:40:43 CDT