Re: oracle forms/report, should i learn it?

Hi,
Thanks for your respond.
[Quoted] How do you start your forms development? what are your reference books besides the online help?

Rgds,
Andi

"Jan Gelbrich" <j_gelbrich_at_westfalen-blatt.de> wrote in message news:b7ga3k$jmon$1_at_ID-152732.news.dfncis.de...
> Hi andi,
>
> IMHO, it only depends on your interests where You want to go to, and on
Your
> job opportunities.
> If You want to do Java, learn JDeveloper.
> If You want to do Forms (maybe because Your employer wants You to do
that),
> go for Forms.
>
> The rest is just looking into the magic glassball - nobody can forecast
the
> future. Even Peter Koletzke,
> the author of the JDeveloper book, was not sure if JDeveloper will be "the
> future". It is unpredictable.
>
> I *think* that Forms will remain there for a couple of years, since the
will
> to migrate is not very wide spread,
> for what I can see. So Forms should still be good for Your resume.
>
> I do Forms because I need it on my job - that´s it. If the learning curve
> would not be so high, I would like to
> go for JDeveloper, too. But it is very time consuming to get familiar with
> it when You do not have
> similar tasks on Your job. So that would be just my personal hobby,
> something nice to have ...
>
> hth
> Jan
> (DBA and Forms Developer for two years now)
>
>
>
> "andi" <a_at_a.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:b7fksh$9uc$1_at_reader01.singnet.com.sg...
> > Hi,
> > being an access developer for quite a while, i feel it easier for me to
> > learn oracle forms and report,
> > but not sure about the continuity of these products in the near future,
> > because seems like oracle favors java more than forms, e.g. there's
java
> > edition of oracle application server, but not for forms/ report service
> > (AFAIK, we need to install full 3+ GB to use forms/report service).
> >
> > Maybe someone can give me a light about this?
> >
> > TIA,
> > andi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Received on Tue Apr 15 2003 - 09:34:50 CEST