Re: Eclipse for SQL development in place of Toad
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:31:48 -0300
Message-ID: <516C4794.9090605_at_gmail.com>
> Hi
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> Does anybody use Eclipse for SQL (Oracle) development? I love Open
> Source, but use at the moment Toad.
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> Any review of Eclipse for SQL developers?
> I don't wish to switch to other closed Source tool (SQL Developer). If
> I switch, prefer Open Source.
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I saw Eclipse IDE being used for a group of Oracle database developers quite some time ago, and the net result was : for basic, common day-to-day generic development it is OK, but any time you need some Oracle specific resource (such as Oracle PL/SQL debugging built-ins, say) some kind of plug-in and/or extra config will be needed/installed/configured, mainly the Oracle Database Plugin for Eclipse... And, of course, Eclipse is GENERIC, so all the specific Oracle admin scripts/reports/screens built-in on TOAD and SQL Developer (such as sessions reports and so on) simply are absent in raw Eclipse, they are another thing to be built/customized/installed by you...
The only open-source tools I know that are capable of accessing PL/SQL debugging and complete with some Oracle-specific reports/scripts/screens is TORA, in http://torasql.com/ ,and (with some exceptions) SquirrelSQL in http://www.squirrelsql.org/ ....
Of course, if closed-source Freeware tools could be used, then the range will be wide open : besides Oracle´s SQL Developer you will find at least a dozen of very good alternatives...
Best regards,
J. Laurindo Chiappa
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