Re: Forms Server (in Oracle9iAS): Is it going anywhere?

In message <90034usnpegqt0ck22aasmv1alkbd4ef6q_at_4ax.com> , Han Thomas <han_at_royal.net> writes
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>Does anyone think Oracle is still serious about supporting and improving on
>Forms & Reports, especially in a WAN/Internet environment using Application
>Server / Forms server?
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>Or is it time to jump out and look for something else to let people use an
>application from any location in the world?
>
>I know Forms and can deal with it's quirks and annoyances.. HTML based
>applications (using ASP/PHP/Java/etc) work great for simple applications and
>general automated tasks, but don't run an enterprise wide system..

[Quoted] [Quoted] That's not entirely true. It's quite possible to produce an Oracle HTML-based solution with the same functionality as Forms. The biggest difference is in how to present the data - Forms lends itself to producing data-intensive screens, whilst the HTML alternatives do not.

In the end, most of your business is probably defined and controlled by PL/SQL in the database, rather than by the front ends.

I've been pleasantly surprised at how well Designer manages to produce workable HTML.

Andy

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