Re: The history of forms and reports

I remember somewhat 10 years ago when we still had Oracle RDBMS 5 there was a SQL*Forms version 2.0 and 2.3. For making reports we used RPT and RPF or just SQL*Plus. Later when Oracle RDBMS 6 was released, SQL*Forms was upgraded to version 3.0 and RPT/RPF was replaced by Oracle*Reports 1.0. All was character based with a very primitive gui. It was often much easier to 'hack the code' manual although it wasn't recommended by Oracle. This was also the period when Oracle CASE 5 was introduced (whatever happende to release 4 and earlier??) After that Oracle7, Forms 4, quikly followed by release 4.5, and Reports 2.5, all with a more advanced gui were released and Oracle CASE became Oracle Designer(/2000). That was about 3 or 4 years ago. I don't exactly remember the releasedates of all the products anymore.

h.t.h.

BertJan Meinders
Oracle DBA
ASR-ICT. In article <7oum5.1891$Vc.1527077_at_newsr2.u-net.net>,   "Simong" <simong_at_explor.co.uk> wrote:
> I am wanting find out what the history of Forms and reports is.
>
> Example: When was forms/reports released and what years were new
 versions
> introduced etc... Also major enhancements e.g.. green to gui and
 also any
> info on where these products are going would be helpful.
>
> Thanks in anticipation
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> SDG
>
>

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Before you buy. Received on Wed Aug 16 2000 - 16:26:25 CEST