From: fvanbortel@netscape.net
Azhar Bilgrami wrote:
> Dear Frank:
> Hi:
> Hope to see you in Good health.
> Ok, so I have to migrate to at least forms 6i, but the thing is I
> want to preserve the Character Mode feature of forms 3, so is there
> any way to migrate forms 3 to forms 6i while preserving the Character
> Mode Aspect of it?. also tell me is Form 6i Available for download?.
> Take care of ure self.
> Azhar
>
> Frank van Bortel wrote in message ne
s:...
>
>>Azhar Bilgrami wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dear
>>>Hi:
>>>Hope to see u in good health.
>>> " I want to migrate a database which is currently running
>>> Unix as Operating System and Oracle ver 6 as
>>> Database, it is also using oracle froms version 3 (text base)
>>>as Front End"
>>>Now here is what I want to do
>>> " I want to migrate that database from Oracle for Unix to
>>>Oracle for Linux With retaining all the Forms, in other words all I want
>>>is to change the Operating System!, nothing else, no change in Oracle or
>>>Certainly no change is Forms"
>>>
>>> I read other discussion forums and gathered the
>>> following, i.e. the steps to migrate a Database from Unix to Linux.
>>> 1. Export the database from source machine,i.e. Export all the Databse
>>> files using Oracle 7 Database Utility.
>>> 2. Install Oracle 8i on Linux Machine and Import that Database into Oracle
>>> 8i using Oracle 8i Database Utility.
>>> 3. Just Copy the Source Files of Oracle forms 3.3 from Unix Machine and
>>> Paste then onto my Linux Machine.
>>> 4. Recompile those files.
>>> 5. The system is ready!.
>>>
>>> Now kindly correct me if iam wrong in these steps, also I have few
>>> questions in my mind.
>>> 1. How to Export an database in Oracle 6 for Unix.
>>> 2. How to Import an Database in Oracle 8i for Linux.
>>> 3. How to recompile the Forms 3.3 Files.
>>> 4. Do I have to follow the same directory structure as Unix, i.e. if the
>>> form files are located at /usr/oracle/home on UNIX then should I follow
>>> the same directory structure?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help in Advance.
>>> Take care of ure self.
>>> Azhar Bilgrami
>>
>>Another broken keyboard.
>>This will not work - Forms V3 is incompatible with 8i. Period.
>>The highest you can get, is 7.3 - and Forms 3 was still delivered
>>with it, iirc. But there is no V7.3 for Linux (although I have heard
>>people claim they had Unix versions of the RDBMS running on Linux;
>>can't recall what version, but my guess is it was 8.0)
>>
>>Time for another plan, and upgrade to something of this epoch.
>>End of life cycle for 8i is announced - you are aware of that?
Yes - download Development tools from otn.oracle.com; requires
free membership, never had any unsolicited mail from otn.
And no - character based forms were abandoned in V5 or 6.0; 6i
is the last Client/Server version.
Why do you want is character based? Surely you are not stuck
with a terminal emulator?!? Rethink the application.
Redesign for 9iRel2 with PL/SQL HTML for example. Or Forms 9i,
or ... Your choice.
But I would really advise against a migration; the old application
with the V6 RDBMS and V3 character based forms is so much
different from the current tools, that a redesign would really
be the best solution.
Anyone out there with (reasonable up-to-speed) V3 forms
experience?!? Not me, not anymore.
--
A prosperous 2004,
Regards,
Frank van Bortel
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