William Robertson wrote:
> On May 26, 1:14 am, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>> William Robertson wrote:
>>> On May 15, 9:28 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>>>> There are three different tools:
>>>> sqlplus.exe
>>>> sqlplusw.exe
>>>> isqlplus
>>>> Most people use sqlplusw.exe
>>> Isn't sqlplusw.exe the crappy obsolete one? You'd hope they would have
>>> more sense.
>> No. sqlplusw is the executable behind the yellow plus sign sitting on
>> top of two bluish disks. It is the most common one on Windows.
>
> Yes, apologies, sardonic tone possibly lost on newsgroup.
>
> sqlplusw IS the crappy obsolescent one used by people who don't know
> any better. AFAIK its "File, Open" menu option is its one useful
> feature, and even then it's easy enough to drag & drop files into a
> sqlplus.exe session from an explorer window. It used to have online
> help too but I think that disappeared a long time ago.
>
> What I generally do is use its tombstone icon for my sqlplus.exe
> shortcuts:
> http://www.williamrobertson.net/documents/sqlplus_setup.html
> though in XE, sqlplus.exe finally comes with a nice "SQL>" icon (and
> no crappy pseudo-GUI version).
When in Windows it is my favorite tool. Fast, efficient, clean, and able
to execute any and all functionality.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Sat May 26 2007 - 11:30:08 CDT
