Re: Query tool for smart usersQ

[Quoted] There are *many* good query tools out there, most of them *much* better than SQL*PLUS or MS Access.

The one I recommend (since I wrote it) is Advanced Query Tool at http://www.querytool.com It is more oriented towards advanced users than many other query tools.

AQT however doesn't allow you to cancel queries. You will find that many other products have a similar limitation. This is because the Oracle client doesn't have this capability, so any tool sitting on top of this can't do it either.

Phil Castle.

Lee <lee_at_jamtoday.com> wrote in message news:<3FBF8A2F.8020705_at_jamtoday.com>...
> I have some fairly tech friendly users who would like to be able to do
> their own SQL queries.
>
> Two problems:
> 1. Can anyone suggest a good book on SQL (better yet, Oracle's flavor of
> SQL) that might be appropriate for people with
> a technical mind set but pretty much zero background in databases,
> Oracle, query languages, etc,
>
> 2. Natrurally we can set them (the users, I mean) with sql*plus BUT
> thats pretty spartan. They would be using wintel clients to access our
> remote UNIX server.
> Can anyone suggest a better tool, either Oracle or thrird party? If
> third party its got to be cheap (GJ Linker's SQL*XL
> qualifies, for example)
>
> If Oracle, it has to be already bundled in with Oracle 8i enterprize
> edition, hence "free" i.e. already paid for out of existing budget.
>
> Thanx in advance
Received on Sun Nov 23 2003 - 20:28:35 CET