All things Oracle

There’s a new Oracle source available:  All Things Oracle.

The aim of All Things Oracle is to provide a gateway to the wealth of information and material available for Oracle developers and DBAs.
The site brings articles and other resources of Oracle experts.
Just to name a few:

• Alex Nuijten -Database Development – Oracle Ace Director
• Cary Millsap – Software Development – Oracle Ace Director
• Dimitri Gielis – Oracle Application Express – Oracle Ace Director
• Martin Giffy D’Souza – Oracle Application Express – Oracle Ace
• Roel Hartman -  Oracle Application Express – Oracle Ace Director
• Scott Spendolini – Oracle Application Express – Oracle Ace Director

All very experienced experts that will bring interesting articles!

I will also contribute to this site.
My specialities are SQL, PL/SQL, Forms and Forms Modernization, so expect articles on these topics in the near future on All Things Oracle.

Oracle Open World, build your schedule

As Oracle Open World is coming closer, it’s time to build your schedule…
Be prepared because there are so many choices.

So, here are some presentations I’m interested in and planning to attend.

Of course there’s my own presentation on monday.

• Session: What’s Your Choice for Oracle Forms: Modernize, Upgrade, Integrate, or Migrate? (session id 08262)
• Time and place: Monday, 12:30 PM, Marriott Marquis – Golden Gate A

When you are a developer working with Oracle Forms or an IT manager and have an Oracle Forms application, this is probably the session you should attend when you have questions about the future of Oracle Forms.
Together with Grant Ronald(Group Product Manager in Oracle’s Application Development Tools Division) we’re going to show you the possibilities of Oracle Forms in the future, not only with a presentation, but also with customer cases and demos.

What else is interesting on OOW:

• ADF Enterprise Methodology Group (EMG) Sunday: 6 tracks about one subject: ADF
• Presentations by Grant Ronald: starting with ADF?  Check his sessions and look how “easy” you can develop in ADF.
• Four Ways to Transition from Oracle Forms to Oracle ADF by Wilfred van der Deijl(Monday, 03:30 PM, Marriott Marquis – Golden Gate A)
• Reaching Out from PL/SQL by Lucas Jellema(Tuesday, 10:15 AM, Marriott Marquis – Salon 7)
• Spend Some Quality Time on Your Oracle ADF Application by Aino Andriessen(Thursday, 12:00 PM, Marriott Marquis – Golden Gate A)
• More interested in database(programming)?  Tom Kyte and Steven Feuerstein are “must see” presenters.

Oracle Forms 11g and Google maps integration

In last years blog post about Forms 11g Javascript integration I explained how you could call the Google Maps API from forms using JavaScript.

I captured that testcase using screentoaster.
It seems that this tool has disappeared and all the recorded sessions with it.

So, here’s a new video on youtube of this Google Map Integration, now in a demo application.
The Form is embedded in a HTML page witch contains a Google Map.

iAdvise Seminar: What’s your choice for Oracle Forms?

There are a lot of questions about the future of Oracle Forms and applications that were built in Oracle Forms.
During this seminar we will answer these questions and give an overview of the (possible) future of such applications.

The seminar will kick off with a keynote by Grant Ronald, about the Oracle Forms strategy.
Next we show the following possibilities: modernize, upgrade, integrate and migrate.

To end the morning session we will show how change can go nice and smooth.

After lunch Grant Ronald will give an introduction to Oracle ADF Development:

• Building ADF Business Components
• Business Validation
• Shaping your data
• Application Flow
• Building UI pages

Attendees of the afternoon session “Introduction to Oracle ADF” will receive a copy of the book “The Quick Start Guide to Fusion Development” by Grant Ronald!

When: Monday, June 6 2011
Where: http://www.hofterdelft.be (Ekeren – Antwerp)
More info

Upgrading to Forms 11g

Grant Ronald has just published three references for Oracle Forms upgrades to 11g.
Those references can be found on his blog.

As Grant writes, it’s pretty easy to upgrade, just recompile and deploy.

A big advantage of migrating to Forms 11g is that it opens up the integration of the forms application with other technologies(eg. ADF).

Upgrade your Forms application and enter the age of fusion!

Oracle Forms Modernization Webinar on January 20, 2011

Do you want to know about the future of Oracle Forms?
And you want to know the official view of Oracle?

Check the webinar on this topic, hosted by Grant Ronald, Oracle Product Manager responsible for Forms.
More details and registration on Grant Ronald’s blog.