Re: Oracle Designer vs VB?

VB 5 in my opinion is a better development tool and it supports Oracle connectivity.

For the following reasons:
VB 5 has better third party support.
VB 5 has programmer aided debug support which many feel is superior to Oracle
Great knowledge on VB 5 and symposium(stacks of users using it and easy to get support this is an important one)
VB 5 Has great support to external applications Via OLE which is important when you need to capture/put data from Word, Excel, Project etc

So get the best of both worlds Oracle back end VB Front end, mix the best.

As for Cobal, I'm sure there are farmers still pulling plows with an ox out there somewhere in the World.

 Vince Mounts wrote in article <01bc6786$7b1ce0e0$c682dccf_at_vbmhome-pc>...
>Hi there,
>
>I would like to hear the opinions of developers that have been exposed to
>both Oracle and Visual Basic/SqlServer. About a year ago I took a job at
 a
>local Insurance Company as a MS Access/VB programmer. This place is a
 COBOL
>shop for now. In the time I have been there I have developed a number of
>small desktop Apps in Access and a few company wide Apps in VB. When I
 took
>the job I was under the impression that VB/SqlServer was the future of
 the
>company. They plan to migrate theor COBOL programs to a new
>language/database. Now it looks like the company will go with Oracle
>Designer/Developer and Oracle database instead.
>
>My question basically is which is better. I am a junior grade programmer
>and am not sure I want to switch languages. On one hand it could be very
>good for me. My main concern is will i limit myself in the future in the
>type of jobs i can find. I feel that Oracle will be at large corps only
 and
>VB could be used at large and small companies alike. Are Oracle tools as
>common as VB. What is the ease of use factor like. We had a designer demo
>from Oracle. It looks real good but what is the reality of the
>situation.Any opinions are welcome. Please e-mail your response as well
 as
>posting it if you can. This is my home account so don't worry about any
>prying eyes.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>V
>vince_mounts_at_usa.net
>
Received on Sat May 24 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT