Part of Error Log was as follows:
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There are 1 nested errors:

weblogic.store.PersistentStoreException: [Store:280073]The file store “WLS_DIAGNOSTICS” could not be opened because it contained a file with the invalid version 1. A file of version 2 was expected.
at weblogic.store.io.file.FileStoreIO.open(FileStoreIO.java:107)
at weblogic.store.internal.PersistentStoreImpl.recoverStoreConnections(PersistentStoreImpl.java:413)
at weblogic.store.internal.PersistentStoreImpl.open(PersistentStoreImpl.java:404)
at weblogic.store.xa.PersistentStoreManagerXA.createFileStore(PersistentStoreManagerXA.java:120)
at weblogic.diagnostics.archive.DiagnosticStoreRepository.getStore(DiagnosticStoreRepository.java:91)
at weblogic.diagnostics.lifecycle.DiagnosticSystemService.start(DiagnosticSystemService.java:128)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)

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After lot of searching and headbanging I came across following thread http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=684783

I followed the advice of the user “user2696444” and did as follows:

Step 1. Shutdown Servers (including Weblogic Admin Server plus opmn components)

Step 2. Under DOMAIN HOME (in my case it was D:\oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\ClassicDomain) I search for *.DAT and deleted those files with capital letters .DAT and not small letters .dat

Step 3. Under DOMAIN HOME then I search for *.lok and deleted all the files that I found.

Step 4. Then Started Admin Server plus all the other servers including opmn components.

that it, after that I could see my WLS_FORMS in green and up

I’m planning to install Oracle Portal. My pc OS is windows Vista and has oracle10g installed.

Can anyone help tell some information about the guidelines on how to install this software and other system requirements? Where I can find all the required software to download?

Please tell me software installations sequence and important steps.

Thanks so much for your kind instruction.

Regards
M Ahmad

Little slow on Oracle Forms 11g research…as busy with project of mine….

BTW while upgrading my PLL Libraries, I come across following problem.

I opened the forms builder, connect to the database and then I compiled my menus - No Problem

I open the PLL library suddenly form builder 11g crashed.. I couldn’t belive so try again and again it crash.

I went back to my forms 10g builder, convert the pll library to text format.

Then I convert this text file to PLL in forms 11g builder , although it showed some errors but still I got the output PLL.

See the following screen-shots related to it.

Assume I have already convert the PLL from binary to Text in same as I am converting the text to binary…

Now I am in Form Builder 11g and already connected the DB.

Choose my Bizwiz.pld (text conversion of my Bizwiz.PLL)

Result: Following is my output when I open my converted PLL file in Oracle Forms 11g

Following is output from my original pll when opened in Oracle Forms 11g

As we can see above, When I checked the PLL file coding, I saw many procedure missing and more than that one of the package having only half of the coding … shocked..

So I manually need to copy those procedure and packages.. lucky our current PLL is not so huge so can survive…..

But not satisfy with what I did, I google about it and got to know that lot of people having same problem and overcome it in some what same way…

Opening it in Forms 10g and then again in Forms 11g, like I did converting it into text format in 10g and then again converting it back to binary in 11g..and so on…..

Then I check in metalink and got to know that this is a bug recognize by Oracle… so cannot do anything ourself and can only wait for the patch from Oracle…

But I got little bit pissed off .. that after original release of 11.1.1.0.0, oracle has two more release i.e. 11.1.1.2.0 and 11.1.1.3.0 respectively, and still this bug exist

Other day I was working on my forms application and I found some strange error “Record is update by another User, re query or clear to see…”

Usually when we two Users are trying to update same and no one has committed because of Oracle Lock above error is thrown to the forms application

But here in this case I was the only user to update this record.

After some investigation I found this error is genuine for my case as well but I could not find the concrete solution for that

Residing in one form (Contains database block) I pressed one button that was doing some calculation and inserting /updating into some tables

After process done I tried to update some field’s value on the current form and tried to save this record

System throws this error “Record is update by another User, re query or clear to see…”

The reason was, the moment I pressed process button on my form, this process updates the status field of the same record where I am currently

Residing in, but this record was not refreshed from the database and the moment as I told before I update some field from form and tried to save the record

It got locked and throws this error.

First try to reproduce this error and give me some solution to resolve this

I tried with the setting property (block property) DML Returning value to “YES” but didn’t work.

Dushyant Nayak

Using Oracle Enterprise Manager to Administer Forms Services

This one really open a door for me, it helped me understand how to deploy forms application in Forms 11g.

Although the configuration file need to be edited are same as Forms 10g, but in Forms 11g they reside in different directory structure.

It explain me where to keep jar files, location of each configuration file which need to be edited, how to edit through enterprise manager, how to edit environment file and so on……

Quick Installation Guide for Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer

This I feel is enough for me to plan my installation. Though I need to do some homework first.

Installation on developer PC’s I still need to sort out..how best to do the installation.

Logically its not difficult to sort out this problem, but what to do, even if I choose few component, oracle still do all sort of component installation under the sun

Later I will come up with screen shot to show what I mean…

Interesting thread in OTN Discussion Forum

Gave me some idea about challenges ahead!!!

Till now I haven’t found any positive response regarding it.

In Oracle Forum everybody seem to be too much mixup, no body has any clear idea about it.

Each forum thread about Oracle Forms 11g Rel 1, seem to be full of doubts.

I mean after going through it, I got really in double mind..Should I go for Oracle Forms 11g or I should go to my client and tell them that Oracle has release a unstable product and my advise is to go for old OS i.e. Oracle Server 2003..

But then I did saw few answers and justifications from Grant Ronald , and felt even though there is problem lets go for it..

When Oracle 11g Form was release I did try installing it with my half heart, and felt its too much and too heavy.. Installation seem to going forever..

After so many months, Now I am required to be serious about it as one of my client is upgrading their infrastructure and will be installing Windows Server 2008.

So I have no choice but to go for Oracle 11g Rel 1(Oracle Application Server 10g does not support Windows Server 2008 officially, except with some tweaking at your own risk) ….

Any way every problem is a opportunity to do something new..

So in same spirit I am taking this situation…

Yesterday I try installation in my Laptop (with XP mode), and it failed in between

Today I tried on my Server (Windows Server 2003), again it failed. After going through the error log I got to know that there was already  one service installed (left over from my last installation few months back, didn’t clean it ).

Any way I uninstall the Oracle Forms 11g installed components (including the Weblogic) and then removed this service.

Again First I run wls1031_win32.exe, to installed weblogic server and its component (Used default options).

Then I ran my Oracle Middleware 11g setup.

Choose all default options, except following:

1. Choose no Oracle Support required (Security Updates Screen)

2. No discoverer and No Oracle Portal

3. No OID (Specify Application OID Screen)

After nearly 3 hour, it was successfully installed.

Hurrray…at last I got it running…That’s all for time being

Will keep you guys updated….

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I could have created the item manually across all the applications, but being a programmer brain plus lazy butt, I don’t wanted to give up.

I did following and it worked more than fine to me.

I navigate to “Share Components” Page of source Application

On the right hand side under “Tasks”, I selected “Export Application Components”

Exported only the ” Application Items”

Save the file as “f110_components.SQL”

Open the file in notepad

Changed following three things depending on the target application number and workspace.

Get the Workspace ID using following SQL at your target and note down the Workspace ID.
“select WORKSPACE_ID from APEX_WORKSPACES”

Search for following function in the file:
wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id

Change it using following syntax
wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id(p_security_group_id=>OB_WORKSPACE_ID);

Where OB_WORKSPACE_ID is Workspace ID

example in my case it was “5622003592886707″ so I changes as follows:
wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id(p_security_group_id=>5622003592886707);

The search for the line where following variable is being initialized
wwv_flow.g_flow_id

Change it using following syntax
wwv_flow.g_flow_id := OB_APPLICATION_ID;

Where OB_APPLICATION_ID is the Application ID or you can say Application Number

In my case it was 136 I changed it as follows:
wwv_flow.g_flow_id := 136;

Hint: Application Express always shows Application ID beside your application name.

The search for the line where following variable is being initialized
wwv_flow_api.g_id_offset

Change it using following syntax
wwv_flow_api.g_id_offset := OB_RANDOM_NUMBER;

Where OB_RANDOM_NUMBER is any random INTEGER other than zero

Script Before Change:
……….
…..
prompt  Set Credentials…

begin

– Assumes you are running the script connected to SQL*Plus as the Oracle user APEX_030200 or as the owner (parsing schema) of the application.
wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id(p_security_group_id=>1122003592886707);

end;
/
…..
……

prompt  Set Application ID…

begin

– SET APPLICATION ID
wwv_flow.g_flow_id := 110;
wwv_flow_api.g_id_offset := 0;
null;

end;
/
……
……

Script After Change:
……….
…..
prompt  Set Credentials…

begin

– Assumes you are running the script connected to SQL*Plus as the Oracle user APEX_030200 or as the owner (parsing schema) of the application.
wwv_flow_api.set_security_group_id(p_security_group_id=>5622003592886707);

end;
/
…..
……

prompt  Set Application ID…

begin

– SET APPLICATION ID
wwv_flow.g_flow_id := 136;
wwv_flow_api.g_id_offset := 1;
null;

end;
/
……
……

After that imported into my target application without any error.

hope this will help somebody!

I think so…….

Any way let me explain the situation and how I tackle it.

Lets assume there are two database one is prod (live one) and another one dev (development).

There came a request from one non oracle developer that he want to have a readonly access to the “production_note” table in prod database as he wanted to access live data of “production_note” table.

In normal situation if it was development environment then I would have done following:

Login into SQL*Plus as SYSTEM in “prod” database

SQL> connect system/system@biz11
Connected.

SQL> create user production identified by production default tablespace users;

User created.

SQL> grant connect, resource to production;

Grant succeeded.

SQL> connect actual_user/actual_user@biz11
Connected.

SQL> grant select on production_notes to production;

Grant succeeded.

SQL> connect production/production@biz11
Connected.

SQL> create synonym production_notes for actual_user.production_notes;

Synonym created.

Then give him access to this new user.

But now here situation is different.I have security by IP addresses in “prod” database. Only Oracle Application Server and “dev” database server can access the  “prod” database and I don’t want to give access to IP address of this developer’s machine. If I do so it might open some loop hole in security infra of my client.

So to tackle this situation I did as follows:

First I did same as above in “Prod” database.

Then I Login into SQL*Plus as SYSTEM in “dev” database

SQL>CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK prod_remote
2     CONNECT TO production IDENTIFIED BY production
3     USING ‘biz11′;

Database link created.

SQL> create user production identified by production default tablespace users;

User created.

SQL> grant connect, resource to production;

Grant succeeded.

SQL> CREATE SYNONYM production_notes
2     FOR production.production_notes@prod_remote;

Synonym created.

Then I just gave him access to this new user in “dev” database without making things complicated for this non oracle user.

Thats it, Mission Accomplished

I hope this post will help somebody and offcourse me as a reference material for future!