Re: Has anyone used the QuestSqlPlus Toad tool from Toadsoft?

From: jim <jmmcda_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 17:20:42 GMT
Message-ID: <KJsb9.55870$Xa.2894057@twister.southeast.rr.com>

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3d6e2e4c$0$12039$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> "jim" <jmmcda_at_mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:mvnb9.55410$Xa.2869469_at_twister.southeast.rr.com...

> Sadly I suspect that those who just wish to 'get by' without knowing what
> they are doing are the majority. Does this mean that TOAD is bad - of
course
> not - just that it is easier to misuse than the Vi/SqlPlus combination.

That part is undoubtedly true. I once had a request to prompt TWICE before dropping a table. Someone had dropped a table and every drop function in TOAD prompts first with the default button being NO. So this person clicked on yes and his DBA wanted a second verification. But how far do you go to protect people from themselves? This same developer could just as easily typed DROP TABLE XXX in Sql*Plus and produced the same disastor. Received on Thu Aug 29 2002 - 12:20:42 CDT