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Re: Oracle 7.3 and SQL*Forms 3.0

From: Lorne Bakanec <bakal.NOSPAM_at_mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: 1997/10/02
Message-ID: <3430c01a.3202364@news.sk.sympatico.ca>#1/1

According to my discussions with Oracle regarding the same problem they indicated that the only way it will work is as you have discovered.
rtefft_at_radix.net wrote:

>Oracle states that Forms 3.0 will not work against a 7.3 database. We
>need to upgrade to 7.3 so we can upgrade our O/S to meet Year/2000
>issues. I currently have 7.2 and 7.3 running on the same machine, with
>our production apps in the 7.2 instance. If I use the SQL*Net connector
>string for the 7.3 database when I log into Forms 3.0, it seems to
>connect to the 7.3 database and work fine. This leads me to think I
>could migrate our production database to 7.3, and use the 7.2-installed
>Forms 3.0 to access the database using SQL*Net (v2). Has anyone actually
>done this? Is this reliable enough for a production database? Any
>suggestions, experiences, etc. would be greatly appreciated. I know
>others have fought this already. Thanks!
>
>Rich Tefft
>
>ps - Yeah, we're upgrading to Forms 4.5 but we can't wait that long for
>7.3...
>
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