Re: Powerbuilder as data analysis tool

Nolan try using TOAD (TOOL FOR ORACLE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS) - it is FREE. There are 2 versions -
the deluxe version from www.quest.com Quest Software (with SQLab Tuner etc.) on 30 day trial (I'll leave you to work out logistics of use if you don't buy) -and- the still available more basic (but GOOD) shareware version from www.toadsoft.com .

WHAT IS TOAD?? : TOAD is an acronym for Tool for Oracle Application Development. TOAD was begun in 1995 (by a good altruistic chap in the USA) as a personal development aid and has grown to be used daily by many thousands of developers. There are similar tools on the market, but none can better TOAD's simple developer oriented interface, the author's attention to users.

So, what you must remember when evaluating TOAD or while using TOAD is that TOAD is first and foremost a developer's aid. The interface is simple by design. The features are either what I personally want in an Oracle tool or what TOAD users have requested.

TOAD is much better than SQL*Plus for doing the sort of things you're doing below and unlike BusinessObjects etc. is FREE, if you can't afford the OLAP tools. Since Win says Seagate Analysis is FREE right now - why not try that too!
HTH Joe
nmadson_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <7ug01q$20i$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>I'm new to Oracle (my recent work has been with MS Access and SQL
>Server.) Can Powerbuilder be used for ad hoc data analysis queries as
>MS Access can for SQL Server? Or is is used mostly to create front
>ends to Oracle databases/ applications?
>
>I'm looking for something that is more drag-and-drop than the SQL Plus
>SQL>. But the queries can't take too long to develop because each one
>is a one-of; my queries are almost never run again once the analysis
>project is complete.
>
>Nolan Madson
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>Before you buy.
Received on Thu Oct 21 1999 - 14:08:11 CEST