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Monday, September 30, 2019

Oracle Reports 12.2.1.4.0 - Create a Standalone Reports Server

On Friday, 27th September 2019, Oracle released the latest Version of Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 (see my blog post http://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2019/09/oracle-forms-reports-122140-available.html). As I already created an Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 environment, it's now time to have a look on the Oracle Reports 12.2.1.4.0 environment. As usual, after you have successfully installed and configured your Oracle Forms &...

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 - First Look

Yesterday I was blogging about the new Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 Release. Today I got some spare time to install and configure the latest Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 Release on one of my test VM's. My configuration is as follows: Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.4 Oracle Database Enterprise Edition 19.3 Oracle Server JRE 8u221 Download URL: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/server-jre8-downloads-2133154.html Oracle...

Friday, September 27, 2019

Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 available

Since today the new Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 is available for download :-) Currently I was just able to find the download under https://edelivery.oracle.com. But I hope that the Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 will be soon available under Oracle Technical Resources (former OTN) The documentation is already available under https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/fusion-middleware/weblogic-server/12.2.1.4/index.html As this WebLogic...

Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.4.0 available

Since today the new long awaited Oracle Forms & Reports Release 12.2.1.4.0 is available, this is after 2 years now the next release of Oracle Forms & Reports. The software can be found under: https://www.oracle.com/middleware/technologies/forms/downloads.html The corresponding documentation can be found under https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/developer-tools/forms/12.2.1.4/index.html As expected the new features are...

Monday, September 23, 2019

OOW19: Oracle Forms News

Since today many of the Oracle OpenWorld 2019 presentations are available under https://events.rainfocus.com/widget/oracle/oow19/catalogow19? For Oracle Forms & Reports are 2 interesting presentations are available: Catalog ID: BOF6279: Oracle Forms: What's New and What's Cloud https://static.rainfocus.com/oracle/oow19/sess/1562085786952001Wl22/PF/OCO_FormsCloud_1568056251620001xEvO.pdf Catalog ID: CAS3729: Modernizing Oracle Form Applications with Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit. For this presentation is currently the download unavailable,...

Thursday, September 19, 2019

OOW19: WebLogic News

During the Oracle Open World 2019 were some announcements regarding Oracle WebLogic Server. The last year announced WebLogic Server 19c for Q1/2019 disappeared ... There will be no WebLogic Server 13 Release ... But there will be: WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4, which should come up shortly, as usual what shortly means in Oracle terms is not clearly defined :-) The WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4 Release will be the Final Maintenance Release for 12.2.1.x, so don't expect too many new features BETA Program for WebLogic Server 14.1.1 is announced and to...

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Oracle's Always Free Autonomous Database and Cloud Infrastructure

Yesterday Larry Ellison announced in his keynote during the Oracle Open World 2019 the "Always Free Autonomous Database and Cloud Infrastructure". For more details about it see: https://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressrelease/oow19-oracle-free-tier-091619.html https://blogs.oracle.com/oracle-database/freedom-to-build-announcing-oracle-cloud-free-tier-with-new-always-free-services-and-always-free-oracle-autonomous-database In short terms, you get...