Re: Forms 10g

"Frank van Bortel" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message news:d09i75$9a9$1_at_news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl...
> Cecilio Peral wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> We are currently using Oracle iAS 10g Forms & Reports Services to publish
>> a
>> Forms 10g application over the net.
>>
>> The server is W2k Pro SP4 and the Database is Oracle 9i (9.2.0.4) also on
>> a
>> W2k Pro SP4.
>>
>> The application is used by 30 users spread al over the country and they
>> are
>> connected through ADSL lines. They use the application during the full
>> day
>> and they should logon in to the application just once a day.
>>
>> The problem we are having is that when the ADSL line goes down for a
>> short
>> period of time, the application aborts showing the FRM-92100 Error: Your
>> connection to the server was interrupted.
>>
>> Is there any way to set up the Forms Application Server to make it more
>> reliable against these shortages?
>>
>> Thanks for yours suggestions.
>>
>> Cecilio.
>>
>>
>
> This has nothing to do with reliability.
>
> I don't think there's anything you can do: any stateful application
> would choke if you interrupted the network. Whatever network (yes,
> even 1Gbps cat-6 UTP).
> --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel

One possibility is to use Citrix. In that case your user process runs on the server amd I think Citrix allows
you to reconnect to that process without losing work. But you will need more resources on the server side.

hth
rob van lopik Received on Fri Mar 04 2005 - 13:07:14 CET