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July 30th, 2006 at 1:36 am
Hi
am very new to Java
I need code to connect to an Oracle DataBase. Front-end being Flash 8.
Please help. Am new to this Java as well as Flash.
Thanks
Vinod
July 30th, 2006 at 1:57 am
You should post your question in Flash forums. I don’t work with Flash anymore.