Re: User Friendly Front-End Client for Oracle 8?

"David" <David_at_macraild-circus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:o96UgCAf5WI5EwbM_at_macraild-circus.demon.co.uk...
> Hi all,
>
> I wonder if anybody can help. I have recently started to work with
> Oracle 8 having used MS Access for the past couple of years. Obviously
> there is a learning curve here, but one thing I can't get over is that I
> need to create everything using SQL queries (via SQL*Plus and/or ODBC
> Test). This is OK, but I'm having a problem with the idea that I can't
> see everything at any one time (e.g. switching to 'Design' view).
>
> The question is - am I missing something? E.g. is there an Oracle client
> that allows me to view all my tables, their data, constraints etc, or is
> it possible to use an app such as Access as a front -end to Oracle 8i?a
>
> All input gratefully received.
> --
> David

TOAD is pretty good.

http://www.toadsoft.com

Download a free trial copy (expires after a while though).

I've also heard of something called SQL Station too, but I'm not sure how good the user interface is (haven't used it myself but others have liked it).

-Matt Received on Wed May 17 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT