Re: Does everyone hate DBConsole as much as me? (rant)
From: Palooka <nobody_at_nowhere.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:57:27 +0100
Message-ID: <X3Bim.185724$OA1.36676_at_newsfe29.ams2>
On 18/08/09 16:29, gs wrote:
> I don't rant often, but I have to vent. IMHO the dbconsole is a piece of
> crapware and I'm really pissed that they replaced the at-least-useable
> java based Enterprise Manager with it. It seems that I spend 1/2 my time
> getting the app running from whatever the latest ailment is, 1/4 my time
> navigating around trying to find what I want and very little time
> actually getting any use out of it. I've lost count how many times I've
> had to drop and recreate for various databases, and I'm tired of
> navigating along then getting connection error pages for seemingly no
> reason at all. I hate the one-database connectivity, and my last go with
> grid control got pushed aside after I fought with it for two days and
> had to abandon it because real work was falling by the wayside.
>
> I'd install the java client on each database, but they have crippled it
> badly and made it less useful. I'm ready to take a good look at a 3rd
> party app that will let me look at all my databases in a nice, fast,
> neat little front end. Taking a look at Embarcadero right now. Any other
> suggestions?
>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:57:27 +0100
Message-ID: <X3Bim.185724$OA1.36676_at_newsfe29.ams2>
On 18/08/09 16:29, gs wrote:
> I don't rant often, but I have to vent. IMHO the dbconsole is a piece of
> crapware and I'm really pissed that they replaced the at-least-useable
> java based Enterprise Manager with it. It seems that I spend 1/2 my time
> getting the app running from whatever the latest ailment is, 1/4 my time
> navigating around trying to find what I want and very little time
> actually getting any use out of it. I've lost count how many times I've
> had to drop and recreate for various databases, and I'm tired of
> navigating along then getting connection error pages for seemingly no
> reason at all. I hate the one-database connectivity, and my last go with
> grid control got pushed aside after I fought with it for two days and
> had to abandon it because real work was falling by the wayside.
>
> I'd install the java client on each database, but they have crippled it
> badly and made it less useful. I'm ready to take a good look at a 3rd
> party app that will let me look at all my databases in a nice, fast,
> neat little front end. Taking a look at Embarcadero right now. Any other
> suggestions?
>
Since no Oracle version nor OS platform has been disclosed (what's new?), we have to guess. My guess is that it is the PEBKAC bug.
Palooka Received on Tue Aug 18 2009 - 11:57:27 CDT