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From: drew@hydra.unm.edu (E Drew Einhorn ADV.SCI.Inc)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Oracle SQL*Forms user defined function keys
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Date: 11 Apr 90 00:05:27 GMT
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They are broken on my machine at work.  I think I have figured out what
I need to do.  I need to add rows to the "esc" table owned by the
system with column "func" equal to "K0" thru "K9" with escape sequences
to match additions to the kermit ".ini" file

Unfortunately the system administrators in control of the system are
very reluctant to make any changes to tables owned by the system.  They
are afraid of breaking it.

I assume Oracle figures out the user's terminal type by looking at the
TERM environment variable, or do they do something unusually strange.
However they do it, it does not appear to be documented in TFM.  I
expect I will have to talk the system administrators into creating a
bogus VT99 terminal description for testing or something like that.

Either that or try to guess the password for the oracle unix login.
Then I can rebuild and replace the VT100.crt file myself.  Guessing may
be easier than it would seem since the oracle password for sys and
system is still manager and change_on_install, respectively.

Actually I would prefer some testimonials, that my approach is sound.
Then I could politely ask them to make my changes and heckle them about
their passwords.  The Army would probably prefer me to be late rather
than sneak past their )-: security :-).

Thanks
drew@hydra.unm.edu