Re: -> User-Friendly SQL Editor? Where? <-

"Shawn Odekirk" <shawno_at_erudite.com> wrote:

>> I too am from a MSSQL and Sybase backround and was unimpressed with
>> the Oracle tools available. I still use a text editor and read files
>> in SQLPLUS. I will be looking at a Windows based tool from
>> TechnoSolutions called SQL navigator. It looks promising. The are at
>> http://www.technosolutions.com.
 

>One of my complaints with using SQL Plus to apply stored procedures from text
>files is that blank lines are stripped out of the source as it is read. If I
>get a compile error, the line number is meaningless compared to the source in
>my editor.
>Procedure Builder deletes source code occasionally if you get an error when
>compiling, so I'm staying away from that tool.
>If anyone knows how to get SQL Plus to maintain blank lines when you read a
>file (_at_, START, GET) I would appreciate knowing how.
 

>Thanks,
>Shawn

Hi Shawn,

Just have a look to shareware program called PLEdit (pledit.exe). I found it on compuserve and it is the absolutely best PL/SQL editor for oracle i ever saw. It's fast, reliable small and very easy to use. I love it.

Its written by: Mark J. Ford (103217.560_at_compuserve.com)

You must get it!!!

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