Re: Trying to grasp the big picture

That is essentially correct - Oracle is a RDBMS ( Relational Data Base Management System) - its main job is to receive,store and efficiently manage large amounts of data ( it can do much more, such as manipulating the data prior to or after storage, but its main job, its 'raison d'etre' so to speak, is the management of data and its relationships )... Using tools like Pl/SQL and SqlPlus you can produce output from the data in a report format, but the Dev2000 tools make that process much easier...There are also some good 3rd party reporting tools ( Like Crystal Reports ) that , in my opinion, are better at creating reports than Oracle's tool and , by using things like Oracle Objects for Ole, you can access the data using Visual C++ or Visual Basic and produce apps that are similar in appearance and function to those produced by Dev2000's Forms component...

Hope it helps to clear things up..
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John Greco
Oracle DBA/Application Developer
MnDOT Human Resource Office

pilotprince_at_hotmail.com (Virgil Knight) wrote:

>Although I've been a Paradox DBA for years, I'm a newbie to Oracle. I
>just installed Personal Oracle 8. I'm trying to get a theoretical
>grasp on how it all ties together.
>
>Is this correct....
>
>Essentially, Oracle 8 is for designing and creating a database
>(tables) and administering rights.
>
>Developer 2000 is for creating forms, reports, queries, etc. that
>interface with the database created in Oracle 8.
>
>In other words, Oracle 8 cannot be used to create forms and reports?
>
>
>Thanks a million,
>
>Virgil Knight

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