Re: Simply viewing data in a database

"FC" <flavio_at_tin.it> wrote in message news:<KIZKa.261914$g92.5951624_at_news2.tin.it>...
> "Stephen_CA" <stephen.bell_at_sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:5aeee507.0306270607.911de49_at_posting.google.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I agree with Sybrand on this one..every couple of months someone
> > troops over with a new GUI tool for me to try.Invariably, I find
> > myself back using SQL*Plus
> > in no time. The problem is, if you never learn SQL and
> > perform all your operations by clicking or "dragging and dropping" you
> > become very product specific. If you switch jobs and they don't use
> > that product you find yourself standing there like a deer in
> > headlights..
> >
> > My two cents,
> >
> > Steve
>
>
> First of all Golden is available since 1997. And it was there when there was
> no free TOAD, but only the full blown version at 3000$ or so.

WTF? I distinctly remember a free trial TOAD, here's V2.1 in '96: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&th=fc43060acdedc6d3&rnum=12

jg

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Of course, one can always run the strings command on an export or od
-c the data files...