Oracle Forms and Oracle HTML DB

Hi,
can anyone please tell me the difference between oracle forms and oracle htmldb.
i need to create web applications to display data from database and upload newly entered data in to the database.
can the above be done by both forms and htmldb.
which one is better.

Both can display data from the database via the web.
With the very little criteria you mentioned, I would recommend HTML DB. With more details about the requirements, I may change that recommendation.
I have been working with HTML DB off and on for about one year. I have taken one 3-day course. I have worked with Oracle Forms since 1987 version 2.0, so I know quite a bit about it.
Here are my reasons:
1.) File upload is easier in HTML DB. HTML DB provides an easy means for uploading a file to the database and processing it.
2.) HTML DB is included as part of the database product. There is no other licensing fee for it. Oracle Forms is part of the Oracle IDS product which a separate purchase from the database.
3.) For HTML DB all you need is the database and the HTTP server program running. It is easy to install, even for a DBA non-webmaster type person. (DBAs who are also webmasters please do not hammer me on this comment.) For Oracle Forms on the web, you need the Oracle Application Server up and running which is a major undertaking. It also needs its own Oracle database running for the infrastructure.
4.) Since you are asking about both, I would assume that you are not familiar with either product and will need to be trained. HTML DB is easier learn than Oracle Forms. Oracle Forms is very powerful, but with that power comes a lot to learn.
Oh yea, did I mention that if you own the Oracle database, you also own HTML DB!! ;)

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