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Oracle SQL Developer Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-tools-that-try-to-write-code-for-you dept.

Zeno Group for Oracle writes to tell us that Oracle just announced the availability of their new, free, database development tool, 'Oracle SQL Developer.' From the article: "Designed for Oracle Database developers, Oracle SQL Developer simplifies development cycles and reduces the need to buy third-party tools for developing and debugging SQL and PL/SQL code. [...] Oracle SQL Developer offers a robust set of features to assist database developers perform tasks such as object browsing and creation, running SQL statements and SQL scripts, editing and debugging PL/SQL code, and viewing and updating data. It provides an extensive set of pre-built reports and also allows developers to build custom reports related to their development projects."

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  1. Toad Killer by bungo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've used it a fair bit (it was called Raptor when it was in beta, and has been out for a while).

    The most interesting thing about it is that it's actually a TOAD killer. TOAD has been around for years, and still does slightly more than Oracle's product, but has about 95% of the market. This is sort of like a MS practise of cloning a better product, realasing it for free to kill off the competition.

    Anyway, I hope TOAD dies, and not just becuase I'm a DBA and hate stopping developers and non-developers causing problems in my databases, but the makers of TOAD hired the developer of TORA ( a open source TOAD clone) and killed it off - and noone else seemed to have the time/ability to carry on developing TOAD.

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    1. Re:Toad Killer by Saanvik · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Well, let's see, JDeveloper, which this is based on, has been free for what, 5 years?

      Look, the Oracle database can be very expensive. You want a high performance database with high quality support, you're going to pay for it. That said, automatically associating Oracle with high priced software is stupid.

      I'm not trying to say that Oracle is being altruistic. Free tools that only work with the Oracle database help keep the Oracle database the market leader, but assuming that Oracle hasn't learned from IBM (Eclispe, anyone?) is asinine.