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Shamita
Shamita Singh
Mohawk College
Hamilton, Ontario
- Rich Gesler <rgesler_at_atriumwindows.com> wrote:
> You are correct in that it is very developer centric. As far,
> as hidden
> charms...I'd have to say the Reports capabilities. You can
> easily
> incorporate your DBA scripts into this little tool. Still not
> as good as
> TOAD (or even TORA) for a DBA but a nice, cheap addition to
> the arsenal.
> Download it and give it a try,
> Rich
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com]On
> Behalf Of
> Paul Vincent
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:59 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Opinions sought on possible TOAD replacement
>
>
> Management have been grumbling about the cost of TOAD
> Professional
> licenses, and have been "recommended" a cheaper product called
> PL/SQL
> Developer by Allround Automations (available from Inthink
> Corporation at
> $150 a pop). Now, I've been to the product website, and read
> up on all its
> features, and it basically looks like a nice enough product,
> but aimed
> squarely at PL/SQL developers, rather than including all the
> DBA-oriented
> goodies we find in TOAD. My first reaction is to respond by
> saying "fine,
> give it to the developers to replace their copies of TOAD, if
> they find it
> adequate for development, but it's not a DBA tool, so I'll
> keep my TOAD
> Xpert with DBA module, thanks very much!".
>
> But if anyone on the list has tried both products, I'd be
> interested to
> know what you think. Is it as usable as TOAD Professional for
> developers?
> Does it have hidden charms which would make it a suitable
> replacement for
> DBA use? How responsive are the product developers to requests
> for
> enhancements? Any input is very welcome!
>
> Paul Vincent
> DBA
> University of Central England
>
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