Re: WebDB 3.0 (Oracle Portal) v's Forms 4.5

Hi there,
I will try to answer your questions. Be aware that you can not re-use your Forms 4.5 forms in Portal, you will have to rewrite them.

In article <39BF5FE0.9B0D1A7B_at_nortelnetworks.com>,   default <mcguirjg.delete_this_spam_at_nortelnetworks.com> wrote:
> Hello. We have an aplication developed with forms 4.5 looking at an
> oracle 7.3.4 database. We are looking to deploy these forms using
> perhaps WebDB 3.0 or as it is called now Oracle Portal. My question is
> really can can Oracle Portals forms match the functionality of Forms
 4.5
> e.g.
> 1.Automatic email generation upon an event

Don't know, but if you can do it in Java or in PL/SQL, you can do it in Portal.

> 2.Ability to handle more than one LOV on a form

No problem.

> 3 Drop down list: If from a Drop Down List a customer was selected
 then
> another drop down list would get populated with info regarding that
> customer.

I'm not sure about Portal 3.0, but it is not possible with WebDB 2.2.

> 4 Sequence number generation.

You can do this in your database, so you don't need Portal for this.

> 5 Ability to display error messages in a friendly and informative
> manner.
>

No problem.

> I really need to be able to find out how powerful is WEBDB 3.0 (Oracle
> Portal)
>
> In your opinion I am even looking at the correct tool. The ability to
> controll access level etc is brillaint but what about the rest ??
>
> Could you advise me or point me in the correct direction.
> THank you for your help.
>

Marcel Lipman, CMG ORG.

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