RE: TOAD v/s PL/SQL Developer

  Mark Qualter who handles support for the product is great. Very responsive to requests reguarding features as well as bugs.

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Hi Chris,
 Thank you for your detailed response. I have forwarded it to our Developers. It would be very helpful..
 Glad to know that you have contributed to the product's functionality.  Thanks.

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Spence [SMTP:cspence_at_FuelSpot.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:27 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: TOAD v/s PL/SQL Developer
>
> I have been using PL/SQL Developer for many years and put alot of
> functionality requests for some of the new features in the 3.x and 4.x
> product. I would be more than happy to answer any questions you have
> about
> the product.
>
> But to answer your question. The debugger in PL/SQL developer simply
> rocks,
> single step in PL/SQL. Toad has a few neat saved scripts that benefit
DBA
> but most people have similar scripts saved already or more thorough
> monitoring. Until version 4.x, export/import functionality was only
> available through oracle supplied tools, also the ability to output a
> table
> data into sql statements was only available to Toad. 4.0 PL/SQL
developer
> has that functionality as well.
> PL/SQL developer has a fully SQL Plus compliant interactive shell, and
a
> SQL
> Window which is more similar to the toad interface. PL/SQL developer
has
> a
> delphi/vb like code insight feature which rocks when looking at
packages,
> schemas, objects you can't remember the exact package, argument, or
column
> data type. Toad I don't believe has this yet. Toad is $750, PL/SQL
> developer is as low as $50 when buying 20 licenses and has excellent
> support. Where Quest support on toad is marginal from what I hear
(this
> statement I cannot back up as I never had to call them). PL/SQL
developer
> has a nice dual mode SQL*PLUS window, one for interactive, one for
script
> building which is like an instant 'ed' in sqlplus which is accessable
via
> a
> mouse click. The single button access to Explain plan and statistics
is
> great under PL/SQL, which toad does, but not as easy to get to.
PL/SQL
> has
> a very customable browser of objects down to recent change to name an
d
> schema which is really nice. Both products allow multiple sessions
under
> the current user which is great. Toad has the option to add a tuner
which
> PL/SQL developer does not have this option. (Which I think Quest
Vision
> Expert is more suitable for this anyway). PL/SQL developer has a
handy
> document menu which you can store documents commonly used (PDF's and
DOCS)
> to have one click access to. Toad has a few more built in dba options
as
> menu items to do things like rebuild indexes and such. PL/SQL
Developer
> can
> do macros where Toad cannot. PL/SQL Developer looks a little more
upto
> date
> interface and has customizable tool bar. Toad does have Proc agument
> feature, but it isn't as slick as PL/SQL Developers.
>
> Sorry about the long email, just being thorough.
>
>
> "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are
easy if
> both are frozen."
>
> Christopher R. Spence
> Oracle DBA
> Fuelspot
>
>
>
>

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