Hi,
is oracle forms really that bad ?
just curious, because i'm just starting to learn it.
tell me the facts before i'm too late to realize it.
TIA.
"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3DDE9D0F.FA5EDDEF_at_exesolutions.com...
> scotty wrote:
>
> > Timbo wrote:
> >
> > >Well, since this is an oracle newgroup, I don't think anyone
> > >is asking a VB programmer for anything. Are you on this group
> > >to help, or just annoy? Never mind, I know the answer to that.
> >
> > I'm here to help:
> > 1. Don't top-post it's for MS goons only.
> > 2. Try looking up the concept of a thin client and middlewear.
> > 3. Oracle; good reputation for databases - bad rep for forms.
> > 4. See above, just because you have it, don't mean you have to use it.
> >
> > >To answer my own posted question so others may benefit,
> > >in 9i to set a SmartClass, select the item from the object
> > >library, then select "Edit" from the main menu bar. There
> > >is a "SmartClass" option there. Select it and you are done.
> >
> > It's really good that you're tying your company into vendor specific
> > apps, they'll really appreciate that one day; well whoever the guy who
> > gets to attempt to integrate it into the latest fad will, he'll earn a
> > fortune.
> >
> > >Evidently the online help for 9i has not been updated yet, as it
> > >still references the method for forms 6.
> >
> > That's handy.
>
> I agree with Scotty Troll on this one.
>
> 1. We all know that insulting MS people will make Oracle people all warm
> and cuddly. Because they are too stupid to recognize insincere puffery.
>
> 2. We all know that Oracle Forms is bloatware what with all those DLLs you
> have to install in UNIX environments to make it work.
>
> 3. We all know what a horrible reputation Oracle Forms has among form
> builders world-wide. Heck you can hardly get it to run in a UNIX
> environment.
>
> 4. Apparently this refers to civility and gray matter so being one of
> "them" rather than one of "us" should not be surprising.
>
> Finally, you are absolutely correct about Forms being a single vendor
> product. That is why I like VB. I can but it from MICROSOFT, or Microsoft,
> or MicroSoft, or even MiCrOsOfT.
>
> I'll be ignoring your postings from here on out Scotty. Beam yourself out
> because the only trolling that intetest me is down from a slow moving
> boat.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Thu Nov 28 2002 - 03:17:47 CST
