Headstart Designer 6i. Install into Production Environment as Client/Server

Question

Hi,
We are using designer 6i with headstart installed. We already have it installed in one 8i database running on an NT server but now we need to deploy it in a different 8i database. The associated documentation relates to a web server enviroment. Can you provide the steps or documentation to install this on a client server environment?
Thanks

Answer 1

Paul,
You're right.. You shouldn't ;-D But a good hack is hard to resist. Therefore, create the following view:
create or replace view my$version as select replace(banner,'Personal ') banner from sys.v_$version;
Now, create a synonym named v$version to this view.
The neatest way to do this is to create the view my$version view in your HST schema, and create a grant and a private synonym to this view in the schema's that you use to run the Forms:
create synonym v$version for <HST_OWNER>.my$version
But if you're bold enough you could also remove the existing public synonym v$version (which points to sys.v_$version), install the my$version view in the SYS schema and create a new public synonym:
create public synonym v$version for my$version;
And remember, you never heard this from me ;-D
Kind regards,
Peter
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