Re: desperately looking for Oracle Forms 3.0
From: Frank <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:56:51 +0100
Message-ID: <3E6E5BA3.5060809_at_netscape.net>
>>Frank wrote:
>>
>>
>>>DA Morgan wrote:
>>>
>>>>claudine wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>We are looking for a copy of SQL*Forms 3.0. On the Oracle Partner
>>>>>website, only Forms 6i and 9i seem to be available... Any clue where
>>>>>we can get/buy this ancient stuff?
>>>>>
>>>>>thanx
>>>>>
>>>>>Claudine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps a museum.
>>>>
>>>>If you are going to ask fo rthe impossible ... at least specify the
>>>>operating system. BTW: Do you still have the operating system?
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me the time could be better spent doing whatever needs to be
>>>>done with a product that isn't neolithic.
>>>>
>>>>Daniel Morgan
>>>>
>>>
>>>Daniel, consider the OP has a migration job to execute - well
>>>overdue, agreed, but well, errhm a business opportunity.
>>>
>>>claudine, you could also try to get hold of the RDBMS distribution;
>>>iirc, the CLient-Only install holds forms 3.0 for most, if not
>>>all 7.x distributions.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Regards, Frank van Bortel
>>
>>I understand that. But there is no migration path except recoding from
>>scratch.
>>
>>It would almost undoubtedly be faster to just gather current requirements
>>and start all over again.
>>
>>Daniel Morgan
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:56:51 +0100
Message-ID: <3E6E5BA3.5060809_at_netscape.net>
claudine wrote:
> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3E6D1408.356FD3FC_at_exesolutions.com>... >
>>Frank wrote:
>>
>>
>>>DA Morgan wrote:
>>>
>>>>claudine wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>We are looking for a copy of SQL*Forms 3.0. On the Oracle Partner
>>>>>website, only Forms 6i and 9i seem to be available... Any clue where
>>>>>we can get/buy this ancient stuff?
>>>>>
>>>>>thanx
>>>>>
>>>>>Claudine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Perhaps a museum.
>>>>
>>>>If you are going to ask fo rthe impossible ... at least specify the
>>>>operating system. BTW: Do you still have the operating system?
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me the time could be better spent doing whatever needs to be
>>>>done with a product that isn't neolithic.
>>>>
>>>>Daniel Morgan
>>>>
>>>
>>>Daniel, consider the OP has a migration job to execute - well
>>>overdue, agreed, but well, errhm a business opportunity.
>>>
>>>claudine, you could also try to get hold of the RDBMS distribution;
>>>iirc, the CLient-Only install holds forms 3.0 for most, if not
>>>all 7.x distributions.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Regards, Frank van Bortel
>>
>>I understand that. But there is no migration path except recoding from
>>scratch.
>>
>>It would almost undoubtedly be faster to just gather current requirements
>>and start all over again.
>>
>>Daniel Morgan
> > > As it is, we really have to do a migration job (Forms 3.0 to Forms > 9i)! Daniel, do you really think, that this would be too troublesome > and that it would cost as much time as to start from scratch?? Do you > have any experience in forms migration? > claudine
Daniel is right - start all over, and use the options new to 9i. You will end up with a far better performing and better looking product than the migrated stuff.
Just a thought - plain HTML with PL/SQL could give you the forms3 look... and still run on the web.
-- Regards, Frank van BortelReceived on Tue Mar 11 2003 - 22:56:51 CET