Forms 6i - upgrade or not - what are the risks ?
mknipeMar 10 2010 — edited Mar 10 2010Hi,
My client has Oracle forms/reports 6i running on an Oracle 9 database
The applicaiton has been running ok for several years with no Oracle support for Forms 6i
The applicaiton is to be replaced by a new solution but still has 2 or 3 years of life left as it will take this time to build and deliver the new solution
They have previously attempted (in 2008) to upgrade from Forms 6i to 9i but this never completed due to problems and then I think lack of funds/resources
Hence, they have asked for me to investigate the risks of leaving the application running Forms 6i for the remainder of its life
Hence, does anybody have any experiencies of having Forms 6i but then finding that they upgrade some other component and it doesn't work or causes problems
e.g. upgrade the server OS or client OS or browser or JRE or some other component and then find that forms 6i doesn't work.eg, if they upgrade IE6 to IE7 does this work with Forms 6i ?
obviously we'd have to test any upgrades, but i'm after any real life experiences that you guys might have had.
Any comments are welcome
Many Thanks
Malcolm