Re: Developing Wireless Applications with Oracle

From: Jason King <jhking_at_airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 06:02:23 -0500
Message-ID: <E140D401CFAF3465.F38371D5EE9DB324.3921D0F71637F7E2_at_lp.airnews.net>


Sure.
Use pl/sql cartridge.
Interrogate the CGI variables (using owa_util) Determine the type of caller ( browser , WAP etc ) call appropriate procedure to generate his output. htp.p() just dumps strings into your output stream so there's nothing to stop you from writing wap or some other protocol instead of html.

Venkatesh wrote:

> Hi guys,
> We have a custom application that was built using Oracle 8i and Pl/Sql. We
> want to wireless enable some components of it. The mobile staff may one of the
> following devices
> - WAP Phones
> - Palm Pilots
> - Windows CE Devices
> - Motorola Pagewriter.
>
> What is the best way to write Server side applications so that they can be
> displayed on these devices using the wireless intranet. We looked at Oracle
> mobile, but it was too buggy. Any other ideas on how to do this ?
>
> Thanks
> Venkatesh
Received on Fri Aug 18 2000 - 13:02:23 CEST

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