How does ORACLE affect any application it supports?
Any application which utilizes ORACLE as its technical understructure is greatly affected by all aspects of this relational database, from the physical storage of data and its subsequent presentation as information, to the words used (form, area, and record), to the keystrokes users may choose to press. In a subtle way, all systems which use ORACLE are very much influenced by the definition and scope of ORACLE itself. a. Forms Each form is narrowly defined in reference to the function and scope of the database tables behind that form. The scope of the data being recorded is broken down thematically into its smaller parts and then presented on these forms. It is as though the information becomes “compartmentalized” in many ORACLE-based systems, and the user must look on a specific form in a specific part of the system to find what he/she needs. BANNER has taken this viewpoint and elaborated on it when developing their systems. Users must become accustomed to the narrowness of each form,
