Re: How do you think about Quest tools?

devdewboy wrote:

> I have only used Toad. If you are a PL/SQL developer/DBA Toad is the tool
> for you. It is invaluable. I seem to find new things about it that solves
> most developers problems. While it is expensive, (about 500 + 125 for 1st
> year support only) it is worth the cost. If you establish a good
> communication line a sales rep, you can get group lic. discounts 10-20%,
> especially towards quarter end where they want to sell sell sell!
>
> One other note on their support for Toad; they are very efficient and
> helpful, hopefully u dont need to call for a tool like this, but their email
> service and calls were taken care of quickly, which is a big plus in my
> book. ok I'm starting to sound like a sales man, enough of that!
>
> SQL Navigator is Quests original product before they bought Toad. very
> similar tool, but Toad is more user friendly.
>
> dewboy
>
> "Dino Hsu" <dino1_at_ms1.hinet.net> wrote in message
> news:aqihitsiujua423vj0apsqsgofq9fjc0jn_at_4ax.com...
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Today I attended a seminar about Quest's DBA products, including:
> > 1.I/Watch: database monitoring and notification (historical analysis)
> > 2.Spotlight: real-time diagnostics
> > 3.Space Manager: storage management, including reorg
> > 4.Live Reorg: the same Space Manager, but reorg can be done on the fly
> > 5.Shema Manager: schema management
> > 6.Share Plex: advanced replication
> > 7.SQLLab Vision & Xpert: SQL analysis
> > 8.TOAD & SQL Navigator: PL/SQL development tools
> > Quest focuses on mission-critical and high-availability markets,
> > supports and integrates with platforms from top vendors, such as
> > Oracle, DB2, SQL Server databases, Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft ERP's,
> > Windows and Unix's (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX) OS's, etc..
> >
> > What do you think about its products? Any company uses them? Thanks
> > for your comments.
> >
> > Dino
> >
> >

I've used both TOAD and SQL Navigator and prefer SQL Navigator. Both are grossly overpriced. But they are pretty much the only game in town.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Fri Jun 15 2001 - 19:21:58 CDT