Oracle SQL Developer: free database developer tool

   Oracle has just released a free database developer tool, Oracle SQL
Developer:

   http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html

   Using this tool, you "can browse [Oracle] database objects, run SQL
statements and SQL scripts, and edit and debug PL/SQL statements. You
can also run any number of provided reports, as well as create and
save your own." Sample screen shots, a feature matrix, and tutorials
are linked from the page above.

   This Java-based tool runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Due to
its requirement for JDK 1.5, it likely needs Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger")
or higher. The tool connects to Oracle database versions 9.2.0.1 and
higher.

   There are many other tools similar to this one, including free,
shareware, and commercial products. Some work with only a single
vendor's database (e.g. Oracle, MySQL), while others work with
multiple databases. Some of these tools also offer more, or
different, functionality than Oracle SQL Developer.

   As one starting place, you can find a list of other free and
shareware database administration and development tools which work
with Oracle - some of which may also work with other vendors'
databases - at:

   http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid41_gci1057867,00.html
   (requires free but painful registration to view)

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

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Received on Thu Mar 16 12:19:30 2006