[comp.os.vms] Oracle Financials

jbg@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Jeff Gehlhaar) (09/15/89)

We have Oracle Financials Package (release 4.0 with patch to 4.0.4) running
on a VMS machine (5.1-b) and Oracle version 6.0.26.7.0, and SQL*Forms 2.3.2.

We have had no end of problems with this combination.  Although the finacials
part of this package has no "fatal" bugs remaining, it is still buggy and
the support of this product, has been poor at best.

I have tried developing an application under with Application Foundation 
providing the user interface support.  Granted this was my first experience
with forms (although I have written a great deal of Pro*C), I had only one
problem after another.  Corportate support (standard) was of little help since
my questions were "unusual", "more advanced than the level we are trained for"
etc.  I started knocking on every and any door I could (as a result I have 
many phone numbers and names, mail me if you want some) to get my answers.
As of this morning, we are giving up using the product because it is unfit,
and with 3.0 forms coming out soon (so they claim), there will be a continued
period of buggy code.

I was able to break their code time and time again. How did this stuff every
ship?  I would be interested in other people's experience. How many out there
that have the financials actually DEVELOP under it? What has your experience
been.  Any comments would be appreciated.


Jeff Gehlhaar
Qualcomm Inc., San Diego
(619) 587-1121 ext 241
jbg@qualcomm.com, gehlhaar@drzeus.qualcomm.com