Re: Forms 4.5 on Oracle7 and Oracle8

Boris Oblak wrote in message <7xPg2.78$Zd.1877088_at_news.siol.net>...
>Hi!
>I try to upgrade my database from 7.3 to 8.04. Everything looks fine, but
>when i start to test my forms run into a problem, here is test case:
>On Oracle7 (tested on SCO 7.3.2.3.0, VMS 7.3.3.4.0, VMS 7.3.3.6.0):
>Connect scott/tiger. Insert new record and commit it. Update field dname to
>SCOTT (just retype SCOTT) and commit agaain. Database save record.
>On Oracle7 (tested on WindowsNT Intel 8.0.4.0.0., WindowsNT Alpha
>8.0.4.1.0):
>Connect scott/tiger. Insert new record and commit it. Try to update field
>dname. Got an error: FRM-40501: Oracle error. unable to reserve record for
>update or delete. ORA-01410: invalid ROWID.

Boris, that's know issue while using forms 4.5 or forms 3.0 against Oracle 8 because of change of rowid's format. In fact forms runtime uses rowid to reserve record for update. You should get and apply patches to Oracle Forms.
BTW, don't post binaries.

HTH,

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Piotr Kolodziej pkol_at_otago.gda.pl
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