Re: Oracle Forms vs. Delphi

From: <enmaini_at_pcnet.com>
Date: 1995/07/24
Message-ID: <3uuvff$ebn_at_pcnet1.pcnet.com>#1/1


Regarding Forms 4.5 and Delphi. The answer is use BOTH! You heard it right! Both. Although Forms 4.5 does some really nice things. The Developer 200 bundle is Poor! in many respects. Oracle Reports is just awfull. Oracle could get a good lesson in developing a reportwriter by looking at ReportSmith. ReportSmith far eaiser to use and Far superior in every respect. Oracle Browser is the PITs. If you want a browser whip one out in Delphi or buy GQL from Andyne Ltd. Ontario Canada. Where delphi comes in is in letting you write routines that you can store in DLL's which can be called from forms. This is far easier solution than using Oracle's Pro*C for windows with is just the pits! This works well with complex financial formulas that Forms does a poor job with. As far as Oracle is concerned. Oracle has integrated its tools and its database so tightly with its PL/SQl engine that ANY tool that does not support PL/SQL is going to be piss Slooooow! Do not however discount Delphi for many things. The Delphi C/S package is far better at many things than Oracle will ever be. Try putting Forms 4.5 on a salesman's laptop and the fun begins. This is where Delphi is far superior! One last thing. Forms 4.5 is riddled with GPF right now. It will be at least a year before it is really stable which is typical with Oracle. Also, Forms 4.5 uses a ton of resources. Try running the Designer and runtime at the same time and open up three or four windows at runtime. OK! now watch your PC go Boom! Delphi does not have the same problem. Received on Mon Jul 24 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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