Re: SQL*Forms on WINOS/2

>>>>> "C" == C J Jardine <cj10_at_ucs.cam.ac.uk> writes: In article <cj10.1.00110BBF_at_ucs.cam.ac.uk> cj10_at_ucs.cam.ac.uk (C.J.Jardine) writes:

  C> In article <2ilcgu$r95_at_raffles.technet.sg> nbl_at_solomon.technet.sg   C> (Ng Beng Lim) writes:

>> I understand that SQL*FORMS runs on Windows 3.1. Anyone tried
>> running this under OS/2?

Yes. It works fine.

  C> The manual "Setting Up SQL*Net TCP/IP for Windows, Version 1.1"
  C> says on page 1-6, "SQL*Net TCP/IP for Windows does no [sic]
  C> support Windows applications running in Standard mode or Real
  C> mode, does not support DOSS applications and does not support
  C> Windows run from OS/2.  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's right. But it's not the issue here.

  C> I guess this answers it. You need SQL*Net to connect Forms 4 to   C> the server.

All Oracle Tools for windows (Forms, Reports, Graphics, Browser, Glue, etc) work fine in Win-OS2. In fact, I think they run slightly faster under Win-OS2 (than Windows/DOS). You do not need any networking software or SQL*Net drivers for windows. Instead, by using a product called SQL*VDM, the Windows tools make use of whatever SQL*Net drivers are installed under OS/2. You can even connect to a local Oracle7 server for OS/2 without using any SQL*Net software. This implementation is very similar to networksoftware  vendors DOS-emulators.

At our office, one of our demo machines is a 486dx with the following software:

	OS/2 2.1
	IBM TCP/IP 2.0
	Oracle7 Server for OS/2
	SQL*Net v2 with TCP/IP protocol adapter for OS/2
	SQL*VDM
	Oracle CDE Release 4.0.12 for Windows

Netware SPX/IPX and APPC/LU6.2 are also available. SQL*VDM is shipping now.

  C> Charles Jardine. University of Cambridge (UK).

Hope this clears things up,

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Magnus Lonnroth
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Oracle Sweden
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