4 Compatibility with Earlier Versions

This chapter outlines the compatibility matrix of earlier versions of Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports with Oracle Application Server 10g Forms and Reports Services.

4.1 Compatibility with Release 2 (9.0.2), Release 2 (9.0.3), and Release 10g (9.0.4)

Table 4–1 shows a compatibility matrix of earlier versions of Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports.

Notes about the table:

• The Clients column refers to all the clients of Oracle Reports and Oracle Forms.

• The Reports/Forms Server column refers to the different releases of Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports server.

• The Supported column refers to backward compatibility between client and server.

Table 4-1 Oracle Application Server 10g Forms and Reports Services Compatibility Matrix

Clients	Reports/Forms Server	Supported?	Comments
Oracle Reports 6i Clients rwcgi60 rwcli60 rwrqv60 rwservlet	10g (9.0.4) Reports Server	Yes	Using rwproxy; shipped with 10g
Oracle9i (9.0.2) Reports Clients rwcgi rwclient rwrqv rwservlet	10g (9.0.4) Reports Server	Yes	None
Oracle Reports 10g Clients rwcgi rwclient rwrqv rwservlet	9i (9.0.2) Reports Server	Yes	None
Oracle Reports 10g Clients rwcgi rwclient rwrqv rwservlet	6i Reports Server	No	None
Oracle Forms 6i Clients	10g (9.0.4) Forms Server	Yes	None
Oracle9i Forms Clients	10g (9.0.4) Forms Server	Yes	There is no need to recompile Forms 9.0.2 applications
Oracle Forms 10g Clients	9i (9.0.2) Forms Server	Yes	None