From: "Van Messner" <vmessner@bestweb.net>
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Subject: Re: Oracle iAS?
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It is not a "mature" product - it's only been out a month or two.  iAS ships
with Forms Server 6i and Reports Server 6i.  I know Designer 6i only runs
against 8.1.6 Enterprise Edition, so you'd better check the certification
matrix for iAS.  Also remember that iAS is intended to sit on the middle
tier - there may be some hardware architecture issues for you if you're not
already running a three tier setup.
You can get a free trial edition of iAS from Oracle and there is some
documentation on the CDs.  It's probably also on the web although well
buried. Check out white papers, technical bulletins aswell as documentation
and post a query to Metalink.  Also search Metalink for previous queries.
And note that some of the documentation will be listed under various iAS
pieces - the cache, Forms Server 61, etc.

Van


"Cristian Veronesi" <c.veronesi@crpa.it> wrote in message
news:39B8D7F0.C7A8836@crpa.it...
Does someone has some info about Oracle iAS - some *real* info, not the
blah blah blah that you can find on the Oracle website?
Since it is considered not only as the next major release of the
Application Server, but even as a new product (release 1.0!) I wish to
know if is a mature product or not. We are using WAS 3.0 that is full of
bugs, but we do not want to worsen the situation.
Another question: since the complete product name is "Oracle Internet
Application Server 8i" I wish to know if it works only with Oracle 8i or
if we can keep the database and the PL/SQL stored procedure in our 7.3.4
version for now.

Best Wishes, Cristian
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Haste is of the devil, and tardiness from the All-Merciful
(oriental proverb)



