Re: Linux based Oracle GUI Tools?

Charles Tryon wrote:

> One of the last remaining reasons why I need to keep around a Windows
> box is that I have not yet been able to find any good GUI based
> development tools (IDE) for Oracle which run under Linux. This seems
> curious, since so much of the SERVER side support from Oracle is focused
> on Linux. I currently use both Toad (FreeToad) and PLSQL Developer on
> Windows. I've tried running both of those under WINE, and have not had
> much success. OpenOffice.org gives me very simple access to data in an
> Oracle database, but no real development tools (editors for stored
> procedures and such).
>
> I am wondering if (1) other people have been able to run either of these
> two Windows tools under WINE, or (2) if there are other recommendations
> for a decent IDE for Oracle development which runs natively under Linux.
> (I am currently running Fedora Core 5.)
>
> Thanks!

I have been using Oracle Enterprise Manager when editing stored procedures, packages and functions in addition to DBA tasks. It used to be a part of the Oracle Installation on previous versions, but I believe you have to download and install it separately for 10g. I just installed the new Oracle SQLDeveloper on my FC5 workstation, but I haven't had time to test it yet. There is a Linux version avilable for download at www.oracle.com.
TOra is another tool that can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/tora
I haven't been able to find an RPM for FC5 yet, but I have used it for DBA tasks earlier.

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ToreS