Best solution for migration from Oracle Forms 6i to the web? [closed] Best solution for migration from Oracle Forms 6i to the web? [closed] oracle oracle

Best solution for migration from Oracle Forms 6i to the web? [closed]


That's exactly what I am currently doing using...

Oracle Application Express

The learning curve is much smaller than most web-based alternatives for Forms developers, as all the code is in PL/SQL (unless you start getting fancy with Javascript, which you can). Also, in the latest release of Application Express (3.2), there is a tool to convert Forms applications to Apex.

It comes free with Oracle versions since 9.2.


I'll +1 for Oracle Application Express -- I think that there are some significant advantages in your situation.

  1. Free licensing
  2. It may bean attractive option to the current staff, if they are Oracle bigots like me.
  3. It's 100% web, and in 11g doesn't even require a web tier.


A really late answer, but relevant. The upcoming V3.2 release of Oracle Application Express adds an Oracle Forms migration tool, which you might find improves your productivity even further.