Re: Help Needed Regarding Oracle Migration
Date: 3 Jan 2004 04:33:32 -0800
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Dear Frank:
Hi:
Hope to see you in Good health.
Ok, so I have to migrate to at least forms 6i, but the thing is I
want to preserve the Character Mode feature of forms 3, so is there
any way to migrate forms 3 to forms 6i while preserving the Character
Mode Aspect of it?. also tell me is Form 6i Available for download?.
Take care of ure self.
Azhar
Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message news:<bsuq22$pi9$1_at_news3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>...
> Azhar Bilgrami wrote:
>
> > Dear
> > Hi:
> > Hope to see u in good health.
> > " I want to migrate a database which is currently running
> > Unix as Operating System and Oracle ver 6 as
> > Database, it is also using oracle froms version 3 (text base)
> > as Front End"
> > Now here is what I want to do
> > " I want to migrate that database from Oracle for Unix to
> > Oracle for Linux With retaining all the Forms, in other words all I want
> > is to change the Operating System!, nothing else, no change in Oracle or
> > Certainly no change is Forms"
> >
> > I read other discussion forums and gathered the
> > following, i.e. the steps to migrate a Database from Unix to Linux.
> > 1. Export the database from source machine,i.e. Export all the Databse
> > files using Oracle 7 Database Utility.
> > 2. Install Oracle 8i on Linux Machine and Import that Database into Oracle
> > 8i using Oracle 8i Database Utility.
> > 3. Just Copy the Source Files of Oracle forms 3.3 from Unix Machine and
> > Paste then onto my Linux Machine.
> > 4. Recompile those files.
> > 5. The system is ready!.
> >
> > Now kindly correct me if iam wrong in these steps, also I have few
> > questions in my mind.
> > 1. How to Export an database in Oracle 6 for Unix.
> > 2. How to Import an Database in Oracle 8i for Linux.
> > 3. How to recompile the Forms 3.3 Files.
> > 4. Do I have to follow the same directory structure as Unix, i.e. if the
> > form files are located at /usr/oracle/home on UNIX then should I follow
> > the same directory structure?
> >
> > Thanks for your help in Advance.
> > Take care of ure self.
> > Azhar Bilgrami
>
> Another broken keyboard.
> This will not work - Forms V3 is incompatible with 8i. Period.
> The highest you can get, is 7.3 - and Forms 3 was still delivered
> with it, iirc. But there is no V7.3 for Linux (although I have heard
> people claim they had Unix versions of the RDBMS running on Linux;
> can't recall what version, but my guess is it was 8.0)
>
> Time for another plan, and upgrade to something of this epoch.
> End of life cycle for 8i is announced - you are aware of that?
Received on Sat Jan 03 2004 - 13:33:32 CET