Comments on: Converting and deploying 6i Forms to Forms 10g

By: oracledevloper

oracledevloper — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:10:27 +0000

Oracle-10g Database is not connected by Oracle developer 6i

By: herbiebill

herbiebill — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:41:11 +0000

Thank you Carlos! I don’t know why it made a difference, but my versions were off. I must have installed Developer 10g version 1. When I uninstalled version 1 and installed version 2 I was able to compile the form.

I don’t know if I was really connecting to the DB or not, but if you hadn’t challenged me to look harder, I would never have noticed the dichotomy between the two SQLPlus versions I was using.

Thanks again,
-Bill Pearson

By: carlosdl

carlosdl — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:06:26 +0000

I think it should work. I have succesfully compiled a 10g form against an 8i database, so I guess it should also work with 9i.

Also, if the user is the owner of the tables, no synonyms are needed, you are right.

When you connect from SQL*Plus, are you sure you are using the executable from the Developer 10g installation ? If you have the database client software installed, you could be using that version.

Are you completely sure that forms builder is connected to the database ? (sorry, I had to ask)

By: herbiebill

herbiebill — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:26:22 +0000

Thanks for info and the documentation reference! When I try to compile the 6i applications in 10g, I get an error message for each table saying that they must be declared. Any ideas why?

The tables are in a 9i database and reside in the same schema name that I’m using to connect Developer 10g to the database. Since the tables are owned by the user ID I’m logging in with, they shouldn’t require synonyms or owner/instance references. When I log into SQLPlus using the same credentials, I have no problem seeing the tables.

I’m beginning to wonder if I can use Developer 10g in a 9i database. Any advice would be appreciated.

-Bill Pearson