Re: forms 6i application (client/server) against PostgreSQL or mySQL(+InnoDB)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:13:25 GMT
Message-ID: <bing19$9ku$1_at_cronkite.cc.uga.edu>
In article <bil3p5$a690v$1_at_ID-152732.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Jan Gelbrich" <j_gelbrich_at_westfalen-blatt.de> wrote:
>> Forms 6i is great running against an Oracle database; but running solely
>> against some other database, I'd say there are better choices
>
>I would like to hear more ... _what_ choices
>(honest question, I´m just not familiar with others,
>but interested, though ... afaik, Forms has not Postgres within the choices
>for
>non-Oracle "data sources" - on the other hand,
>Access or SQL Server (Yes!) can be chosen !
Right off the top of my head: M$.Net or Powerbuilder. I'm sure there are others.
>>, especially
>> considering Oracle's impending lack of support for client-server.
>
>True in 9iDS :( , but if You use 6i, You still can use C/S (we do).
Up until some O/S or hardware change breaks 6i and Oracle won't patch it after it's desupported. Received on Fri Aug 29 2003 - 14:13:25 CEST