Hi:
Hope to see you in Good health.
Ok, so I have to migrate to at least forms 6i, but the thing is I
want to preserve the Character Mode feature of forms 3, so is there
any way to migrate forms 3 to forms 6i while preserving the Character
Mode Aspect of it?. also tell me is Form 6i Available for download?.
Take care of ure self.
Azhar
Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:<icd5vv8hoc0ti0joscfmlhemd34pd1nush_at_4ax.com>...
> On 31 Dec 2003 00:56:59 -0800, azhar_at_weblinx.com.pk (Azhar Bilgrami)
> wrote:
>
> >Dear
> >Hi:
> >Hope to see u in good health.
> >I was surfing Internet for some Oracle resources, and I found that you are
> >a Guru in Oracle, so here Iam looking for some help, and following is my
> >set of Problem,
> >
> > " I want to migrate a database which is currently running
> > Unix as Operating System and Oracle ver 6 as
> > Database, it is also using oracle froms version 3 (text base)
> >as Front End"
> >Now here is what I want to do
> > " I want to migrate that database from Oracle for Unix to
> >Oracle for Linux With retaining all the Forms, in other words all I want
> >is to change the Operating System!, nothing else, no change in Oracle or
> >Certainly no change is Forms"
> >
> > I read other discussion forums and gathered the
> > following, i.e. the steps to migrate a Database from Unix to Linux.
> > 1. Export the database from source machine,i.e. Export all the Databse
> > files using Oracle 7 Database Utility.
> > 2. Install Oracle 8i on Linux Machine and Import that Database into Oracle
> > 8i using Oracle 8i Database Utility.
> > 3. Just Copy the Source Files of Oracle forms 3.3 from Unix Machine and
> > Paste then onto my Linux Machine.
> > 4. Recompile those files.
> > 5. The system is ready!.
> >
> > Now kindly correct me if iam wrong in these steps, also I have few
> > questions in my mind.
> > 1. How to Export an database in Oracle 6 for Unix.
> > 2. How to Import an Database in Oracle 8i for Linux.
> > 3. How to recompile the Forms 3.3 Files.
> > 4. Do I have to follow the same directory structure as Unix, i.e. if the
> > form files are located at /usr/oracle/home on UNIX then should I follow
> > the same directory structure?
> >
> > Thanks for your help in Advance.
> > Take care of ure self.
> > Azhar Bilgrami
>
> Your task is doomed to fail. Forms 3.3 was desupported way back in the
> previous century, consequently there is no Forms 3 runtime engine for
> Linux. You are at least 4 major Forms releases behind, and you won't
> be capable to migrate to the most recent release in one shot, apart
> from that Oracle dumped the client/server model in favor of the
> Internet and Webservers.
> You also can't use a V7 exp to export a V6 database.
> Also please do not cross- and multipost
Received on Sat Jan 03 2004 - 06:57:21 CST
