8i IAS and Portal 3

What is the difference between Oracle 8i Internet Application Server and Portal 3.0 EA? Can they both exist together? Portal 3.0 includes Apache Web Server, allows Java Server Pages, PLSQL Server Pages and XML, so why would you use IAS?
Clarification please.

I have just got a pack of CDs from Oracle, including Oracle Internet Application Server 8i R1.0.1.0.0. The Documentation CD references WebDB v2.2. So I take it that IAS 8i doesn't include Portal 3.0 - correct? in which case it would be backward step to install IAS - correct? Now, I've looked at the online blurb on Oracle 9i IAS and can't work out which version of WebDB that comes with - can you tell me?. Also, can I install 9i IAS on the same machine as 8i server?
Potential New Product, OCS - Oracle Confusion Server.

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i want all my applications in Portal to work after upgrading.
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There is a PDF covering the required steps for migrating from 1.0.2.1 to 1.0.2.2. You can find it at http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/ias/content.htm. It is under the Windows NT/2000 heading, updated Dec 21, 2001.

SSO between Portal Application and Portal Admin Tool

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We have a requirement for implementing SSO between a Portal application and
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We are using WL Portal 8.1 SP4.
Here is the reason for this requirement -
A user logged-into Portal Application needs to login to Portal Admin tool to
do some admin activity. We want to provide a link in the portal application
using which the user can directly login to the Portal Admin tool without
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Hi,
When creating PP you have 2 options
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Hi,
We want to enable single sign on between Portal 6.0 and Portal 7.0.
Our scenario is, In Portal 7.0 on click of role or workset, Portal 6.0 have to be opened in a new window without asking user ID and Password.
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...this is very probably related to the other post talking about SSO and portal timeout...
I am having another weird issue with dotnet portlets that uses inline refresh (done automatically by dotnet accelerator) and SSO.
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============================================================================================
HTTP Trace:
POST     302     Redirect to /portal/sso/SSOLogin.aspx?in_hi_userid=15046&space=CommunityPage&parentid=1&cached=false&control=SetCommunity&PageID=0&CommunityID=205&parentname=Login     http://your.portal.com/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_15046_362_205_0_43/http%3B/your.portletserver.com/yourapp/youraspx.aspx
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Resolving the Portlet Timeout / Refresh Problem in ALUI Portal_
Problem: Users occasionally receive the portal page within a portlet error
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Resolution:
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We are trying to unify our directory services.
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local.ugldapbindcred
local.ugldapbinddn
local.ugldaphost
local.ugldapport
etc.
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Java API's supported in the Jdeveloper, IAS, and RDBMS product components

If there are any technical errors or "mistatement of the facts" in this posting, please let me know about them ..
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PURPOSE
This article describes the "Enterprise Java Beans" (EJB), "Java Server Pages"
(JSP) and servlets Application Programming Interfaces (API) supported by the
Oracle products, Jdeveloper, Internet Application Server (IAS) and the Oracle
RDBMS release 2 and release 3, also known as Version 8.1.6 and 8.1.7,
respectively.
SCOPE & APPLICATION
All parties interested in the Java API's supported by these products.
Java API's supported in the Jdeveloper, IAS, and RDBMS product components
JDEVELOPER
JDEVELOPER is Oracle's Java development tool designed for coding / development,
testing / debugging, and deployment of Java Applications to the IAS and
RDBMS platforms.
With the java software api's being in a constant state of evolution, each new
release of Jdeveloper adds support for the "then current" version of the java
software api's, if it does not already have it implemented.
JDEVELOPER SERVLET API JSP API EJB API
VERSION VERSION VERSION VERSION
3.2.X.X 2.2 1.1 1.1
3.1.X.X 2.1 1.0 1.0
NOTE :
Sun Microsystems and their advisory teams (Oracle is on it) is working on
"draft" specifications for the next version of all of these API's
EJB -------> http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/index.html
JSP -------> http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/index.html
Servlets --> http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/?frontpage-javaplatform
It is anticipated that future releases of Jdeveloper will continue to be
upgraded to include support for the next version of each api.
To obtain the latest information on Oracle's Internet Development Suite (IDS)
of tools, please review the "Internet Developer Suite" information located
on Oracle's technet web site at :
http://technet.oracle.com/products/index.htm
IAS
IAS is Oracle's next evolution of the web server and application server
product technology superceeding the Web Application Server (WAS) and Oracle
Application Server (OAS) product lines.
IAS SERVLET API JSP API EJB API EJE VERSION
VERSION VERSION VERSION VERSION SUPPORTED
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8i(1.0.1-NT) 2.0 1.0 1.0 816
8i(1.0.0-UNIX) 2.0 1.0 1.0 816
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architecture.
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2) ORACLE ENTERPRISE JAVA ENGINE (EJE)
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apache group which supports the servlet api 2.0.ONLY.
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to the specific JSP engine version documented in the Oracle Universal
Installer (OUI) for the 8.1.7 RDBMS or the IAS products. It is also documented
in the product's release notes.
Oracle ENTERPRISE JAVA ENGINE (EJE)
The EJE formerly known as :
1) Oracle 8i Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
2) JSERVER component,
3) Aurora JVM
was originally releas ed in the RDBMS 8.1.5 database with jdk 1.1.6 based java
support.
The currently supported versions of the Oracle 8i RDBMS, versions 2 and 3,
also known as Version 8.1.6 and 8.1.7, respectively, provides a jdk 1.2.1
based java virtual machine support.
"EJE" Version 816
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api 1.0, corba, and java stored procedures.
"EJE" Version 817
This EJE, found in rdbms 8.1.7 and IAS 9i, contains support for the ejb,
corba, and java stored procedures as well as the Oracle Servlet Engine (OSE)
which provides support for the servlets 2.2 api and JSP 1.1 api.
Note :
EJB support in the "EJE" Version 817 has been upgraded to comply with the EJB
1.1 api specification which includes "entity beans" support.
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1) Servlets deployed to the APACHE JSERV must comply with servlet api 2.0.
2) Servlets 2.1 or higher are only supported in EJE's OSE component found in
the rdbms 817 or ias 9i products. Servlets api 2.0 can also run in the OSE.
References
1) "Oracle9i Application Server Technical White Paper" located at :
http://technet.oracle.com/products/ias/pdf/9ias_102.pdf
2) "Whats New? Oracle8i JVM Accelerator, Oracle Servlet Engine, OracleJSP ..."
located at :
http://technet.oracle.com/products/oracle8i/pdf/504.pdf
3) "Oracle8i Release 3 New Features Summary" located at :
http://technet.oracle.com/products/oracle8i/pdf/8iR3_nfs.pdf
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so why jserv is bundled with oracle 8i/9ias since EJE support the right api version ?
if in ias 9i release , oracle had removed the jserv component without any advance warning, many customers would have been very upset since oracle makes every attempt to give advance notice before removal of functionality.
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1) "Oracle9i Application Server Technical White Paper" located at :
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Web Template or BEx web template
Please provide me the necessary information..<REMOVED_BY_MODERATOR>
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here an uodate of the progress I am making to solve the problem described above.
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