Re: Forms 4.0 on client side demands 24 Mb?

From: Paul Berger <pberger_at_nic.hookup.net>
Date: 12 Jul 1994 10:24:39 -0400
Message-ID: <2vu937$9hr_at_nic.hookup.net>


In article <1994Jul12.142150.391_at_rcum>, <ivo.drvaric_at_ext.uni-mb.si> wrote:
>Hi everybody!
>
> I have a big problerm. I am familiar and experienced in forms 3.xxx
>and in Oracle 7.xxx environment. Now i have a problem and user need where i
>should use windows interface to database ( queries and transactions ). The
>application
>is pretty
> complicated. Well i thought about forms 4.0. The platform of the server is
> RS6000 and on this point we have PC client with Windows and forms3.0.
>
>Now the problem is that forms 4.0 demands 24Mb of RAM on client side which
>is too expensive for such a number of cleints of this kind.
>My question is:
>
>1. What do i get or loose if i choose some other tool or interface
> for example Access or ODBC or Paradox or Visula Basic.
> Can i also use int this tools PL/SQL and stored procedures on server?
>2. Is there any chance Oracle is planning to reduce this demands in following
>releases of forms 4.0?
>
>
>That number about 24 Mb RAM on client side was given by local Oracle
>subsidiary. So if this not true then please remind me .
>
>
>Thank you for the answer..
>
>Ivan Drvaric
>Insurance Company Maribor

...we have been able to get away with 20MB of ram for development purposes and 16MB for deployment, no less... PB Received on Tue Jul 12 1994 - 16:24:39 CEST

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