How to deploy oracle forms/reports over web ?

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10-22-2004, 04:58 PM
prashanthchou

How to deploy oracle forms/reports over web ?

Hi All,

I am completely new to the web world.

We have an application which is in client-server technology
(oracle forms /reports 6i)
Oracle database 816

Now we wanted to move our application from client-sever to web enabled.

I had tested all the 9iAS Release 1 & 2 longtime back and was really confused as 1 & 2 installation was different .

Release 2 had some infrastructure..etc.

Now we are planning to move completely to 10g forms & 10iAS. I was going through some docs (10g iAS installation) and there it says now it has becomes simple where we can just install some Forms & Report services instead of the whole iAS.

1) What all do I need to run my application over web ?

2) Just installing the Oracle Forms & Report Services of 10g(9.0.4)is enough for my application to run over web ?
Or
Do I need to install the whole 10g iAS ?

---Thanks
Prashchou
10-22-2004, 05:10 PM
pando

Oracle Forms & Report Services of 10g are enough to run only FORMS & REPORTS
10-22-2004, 06:13 PM
stecal

Open your eyes and read what you see. There are two links on the page (in the DBA Support.com recent articles block at the top left)about what you are asking.
10-26-2004, 02:41 PM
prashanthchou

Pando,

So this Oracle forms & report services are there part of

Oracle 10g iAS

or

Oracle 10g IDS

?
10-26-2004, 02:52 PM
hacketta1

I was looking into this a couple of years ago and recall that in order to deploy your forms on the web you need AS. IDS will allow you to preview your forms in a local browser, but other users won't be able to access them.
10-26-2004, 03:02 PM
pando

Stecal I have read the cookbooks, I have a way to name the report server I think it's worth to mentioning.

What I do is set a variable

REPSERVER=rep_simdessap

in $ORACLE_HOME/forms90/server/default.env

then in the reports I use pl/sql code to get this servername

tool_env.getvar('REPSERVER', l_repserver);

So if one day the servername changes I will modify REPSERVER to something else

greets
10-27-2004, 12:50 PM
prashanthchou

Plz. confirm Hacketta1's statement:

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in order to deploy your forms on the web you need AS. IDS will allow you to preview your forms in a local browser, but other users won't be able to access them.
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Is it ????????

So the forms & reports services in IDS will only allow me to preview from the local system and I cannot view from a different system ?