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Re: ORACLE*CASE in 7.1

From: Dave Easeman <easemand_at_x500.bt.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 14:23:03 GMT
Message-ID: <D3zuMF.Kvw_at_demon.co.uk> 







jenseng_at_cadvision.com (Gord Jensen) wrote:

>




> Has anyone tried using the Case Tools in 7.1 ?  To me they look just like the

> previous releases that were in Oracle version 6.  Hopefully they at least

> generate ORACLE 7 DDL.  

> 

> I have heard that ORACLE has another case tool out (5.1) which is much more

> graphical - no more forms and menus - but it is an entirely seperate product, and 

> quite expensive.


> 

 


CASE 5.0 only supports version 6 design, CASE 5.1 supports ORACLE 7. CASE 5.0 is a forms 3
interface, CASE 5.1 is Forms 4. As I understand it, if you have a full support licence for
CASE, you can upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 without additional cost. However, Oracle are putting
their development effort into MS windows; 5.1 has been production on MS windows since May '95.
It was also suppose to be production on UNIX then as well; I have recently been told here in
UK that for Sun, CASE 5.1 will now not be production until May '96!!!



The product is being totally rewritten for MS Windows, including a new designer front end.
This rewrite will only be available on MS Windows (for MS Windows also read OS/2, possibly?)
There will also be an additinal module for handling Business Process Re-engineering; incidently
the new product will be renamed!



This is the UK perspective; the US seems to get these products well before us. All in all,
the delays in producing the UNIX CASE version to support Oracle 7 development has been a farce.
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