Webserver Generator 2.0

From: Dba42 <dba42_at_aol.com>
Date: 1996/04/11
Message-ID: <4kk4cc$1a8_at_newsbf02.news.aol.com>

Found the following on the web. Does anyone know if webserver generator 2.0 will support field validations? We have lots of business rules in our forms 4.5 triggers and are considering moving to Oracle's Webserver technology. Thanks

Subject: FW: designer/2000 release 1.2a (fwd) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:09:04 +1100 (EST) From: tjambu_at_falcon.telecom.com.au (Tony Jambu 041 985 2628) To: oraweb-l_at_labyrinth.net.au (oraweb-l)

FYI From: PC:ifisher_at_uk.oracle.com
To: -: Multiple recipients of list OCSIG-L ; KND Subject: designer/2000 release 1.2a
Date: den 19 March 1996 22.03

All,

The demand and interest for the Webserver Generator has been such that we have decided to deliver it early by uncoupling it from Designer/2000 Release 1.3. So from 1st April we plan to be shipping Designer/2000 1.2A PRODUCTION which contains Webserver Generator V1.0.

What does the Webserver Generator do ?
Automates the construction of data centric WWW applications using the Oracle
Webserver and the same design definitions that drive all the other generators.

The Oracle Webserver provides a PL/SQL based environment for data to be accessed in Oracle7, formatted using HTML both directly and via Webserver supplied packages and then displayed on any HTML browser (e.g. Netscape or Powerbrowser). The Webserver Generator automatically creates the Webserver PL/SQL using Module Data definitions to determine which data to access, Preferences to determine layout and Web page structure and Module Structure
definitions to determine page calling sequences. Webserver Generator V1.0 supports data publishing from Oracle7 - in other words read access to data via dynamic Web pages, the release that will come as part of Designer/2000 Release 2.0 towards the end of this year will introduce full insert update and delete transactions over the WWW as well as Java/Javascript support.

What is actually generated ? For each generated module a PL/SQL package is
created containing all the code required to access data and format it using
HTML. The user then executes the application by using a URL which identifies the machine, the Webserver and the module .startup procedure.

What kind of information can be incorporated into generated Web pages ? Module help is used to create boilerplate text on the generated Web pages. This can be standard text or a short piece of HTML referencing say a picture or a logo. Oracle7 data can be interpreted several different ways depending on MDD defined display info. Text fields are used to display data
as held in the server but data can also be interpreted as pointers to image
files, users to mail to or a URL. An example of how a URL might be used is to point to a file location for video clips which would then be played by a
browser helper (e.g. mplayer) So generated Web pages can meet the highly visual standards set by most WWW sites.

What would I use the Webserver Generator for ? Three scenarios characterise the Webserver Generator opportunity. New Applications Customers wishing to develop Webserver applications but who need teamworking, modelling and productivity can now use Designer/2000. Currently WWW authoring tools concentrate on helping with the creation of the Web page appearance.

As WWW become increasingly used for the Intranet existing in most corporations Designer/2000 provides an integrated development environment that allows definition and generation of both the Oracle7 data structures and the WWW interface to them.

Reusing Existing Designer/2000 Module Designs Existing Designer/2000 users can Web enable their apps very simply. Exsiting

MDD definitions can be used to create Web pages without modification. A single set of MDD definitions drives Developer/2000, Visual Basic and WWW generation.

Productivity through re-use.

Web Enabling Existing Oracle7 Databases Take an existing Oracle7 databases,
reverse engineer it into Designer/2000, drag and drop the tables you require Web access to onto the MDD, set some of the display details, run the Webserver Generator. Instant Web enabled access to Oracle7 for data publishing applications !

PS Designer/2000 Release 1.3 will contain the C++ Object Layer, Developer/2000 Graphics and MS-Help generators. This is expected to ship early in May for the 32 bit (Windows-95 and Windows-NT version) and early in June for the 16 bit version. Designer/2000 1.2A is NOT certified under Windows-95. The blue screen issues persist and are now most likly not going
to be resolvable before Release 1.3 (32 bit). Release 1.2A is certified under Windows-3.1, Windows-NT and Win-OS/2.

Regards

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Vice President                FAX  ++44 1932 87 3273

Designer/2000 Marketing and Product Management Chertsey UK

Visit the Designer/2000 Marketing Home Page http:://invincible.uk.oracle.com//

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