Re: Windows front end for Oracle

From: Frank Green <flg_at_atlanta.dg.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 21:17:32 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Feb16.211732.6370_at_beau.atlanta.dg.com>


In article <1994Feb15.105756.44_at_sydney.DIALix.oz.au>, amcb_at_sydney.DIALix.oz.au (Andrew McBurnie) writes:
|> Has anyone got any opinions/experiencs to relate on using Windows
|> based front ends on a PC to an Oracle server? (Or even to PC Oracle).
|> What I want to know is how bug-free they are, the overheads, cost, etc.
|>
|> I'm thinking of products like Oracle Cards. I know other products are
|> available. Really, something a bit more basic is what we need - basically
|> an equivalent to Oracle Forms, but running under MS Windows, with Windows
|> look and feel.
|>
|> (We have a stack of users who absolutely hate Oracle as used on big
|> Unix boxes, but love their Windows based PC's. And if we don't find
|> something suitable, then we don't use Oracle.)
|>
|> AMcB
|>
|>
We are currently using FORMS4 on PCs and connecting to a server with a great deal of success. FORMS4 is pretty snazzy with a visual basic touch and feel Received on Wed Feb 16 1994 - 22:17:32 CET

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