Form 9i versus form 6i

Hello all,
I'm new to Oracle 9i and I wonder how much difference between Form 9i and form 6i. Does Form 9i use the same tools like form 6i to develop: object navigator, layout editor, data block, and other tools in form 6i?
I know Form 9i using FormServlet and Jinitiator and more Java and OO technique; but is the basic the same from form 6i to form 9i?
Andy.

Hi Andy, forms 6i and 9i are pretty much the same when you look at it developer-wise.
The big differences are in the three-tier architecture where 9i has a thin (java) client, a full-fledged application middletier and then the database. You can do a lot of neat stuff on the middletier if you know your way around j2ee and java.
Otherwise there's the problem with OLE2 integration, but WebUtil solves 99% of these problems. And you have to get used to the fact that everything runs in a browser's java runtime environment.
Regards,
Jesper Vad Kristensen

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