Re: lack of quality of Oracle Tools

[Quoted] No thin client in Powerbuilder? You should take a look at PB7.

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Dirk Bellemans wrote in message <7op6vc$o4$2_at_news1.skynet.be>...


>Well, I just switched back from M$ development to Oracle...


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>My previous job was MFC development. PL/SQL doesn't match up to the new

C++,


>but you should try to copy dialog boxes and stuff in Visual C++... Besides,


>apart from the bugs, I cranck out more than two forms a day with D2K:

>haven't seen anyone ever do that with C++. (IMHO C++ is much more

powerfull,


>but way more expensive to develop and much harder to learn). I've used


>Uniface, which is very well suited if you're an SM adept and have a

>glass-fiber connection to your server (although it produces applications

>much faster than D2K!). And euh, if you've ever seen the data-control from

>VB, you can't be serious to call that one a 4GL database development tool.

>So, what's left? Powerbuilder? They can't create thin clients, and you get

a


>lame finger from typing code...


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>Nah, I prefer D2K for business oriented development. It has bugs, the

>upgrade scheduling is desastrous and I've never seen anyone capable of

>installing the docs correctly, but (telephone) support (in Belgium) is

>excellent (compared to Borland or Microsoft), it has enough printed

>documentation from third parties (O'Reilly, Osborne) to get you going,

>development is relatively speedy without sacrificing the runtime

performance


>and with the new OLE2 package, you have the same power to use COM as with


>any other tool but Visual C++.

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>Fairly honest: I haven't tried Java yet...

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>Dirk Bellemans

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>Cyril Elkaim wrote in message <378DE822.3860C8E8_at_microform.fr>...

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>> I don't like Microsoft, but, in this case, between them and Oracle I

>>choose M$. What is the interest to have a competition SQL engine if the

>>tools you must utilize with it are unable to make the job done?

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