Re: Oracle tools vs. third party tools

Thanks guys - appreciate the input. The company I work for has just paid big $$$ for the complete OEM suite, and of course I'll be expected to have it installed and working as it was intended. The automated features OEM has will be particularly usefull I'm sure. But I did find that for most of my day to day needs TOAD does suffice, and DBArtisan seems like a very powerfull product as well as easy to use, I haven't tried the Embarcadero Rapid SQL yet, which the sales rep at Embarcadero told me was more like TOAD than DBArtisan. OEM in comparison seems to be very "spread out" for lack of a better term, not to mention very slow when running on my NT workstation. We have an Oracle rep on site today to discuss the implementation of OEM, so I will put these exact questions to him as well.

In article <EtPh5.49$xp4.5372_at_news1.primary.net>,   "Russ Whiteman" <russw_at_inlink.com> wrote:
> Granted, but I -did- say, "As far as I've found..." <g>
>
> Having just gotten involved with TOAD recently, I'm fairly
> sure I haven't yet found the things that are missing in it.
> I'm sure there are such oversights, and I'm sure I'll be
> annoyed with them in a few months. But after using many
> parts of OEM (-parts- being a key word, as everything is in
> seperate utilities) for the last year and a half, I find
> that TOAD is much nicer and easier to use if for no other
> reason than it puts all the tools in one place.
>
> Sybrand Bakker wrote in message
> <965192356.7389.1.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>...
> >Question: Does Toad supports jobs?
> >Answer No
> >Question: Does Toad supports events?
> >Answer : NO
> >Questiom: Does Toad allow a DBA or operator to be paged or
 emailed when
> >something critical happens
> >Answer : No
> >
> >So your statement
> >every tool in OEM ... is available in TOAD is simply
 incorrect.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
> >
> >"Russ Whiteman" <russw_at_inlink.com> wrote in message
> >news:6lMh5.38$xp4.3109_at_news1.primary.net...
> >> As far as I've found, every tool in OEM and quite a bit
 more
> >> is available in TOAD...and it's a lot easier to find and
 use
> >> them in TOAD. Which is why I just purchased a copy and
 will
> >> be uninstalling OEM from my workstation.
> >>
> >> glenstr_at_my-deja.com wrote in message
> >> <8m7h2r$hfi$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
> >> >I am a "DBA in training" and have a question regarding
 Oracle tools.
> >> >We purchased the complete OEM package and have yet to
 install it
> >> >permanently on its own server / repository. In the
 meantime
 I have be
> >> >using eval versions of TOAD for schema/procedure
 browsing
 etc. and more
> >> >recently, DBArtisan. I find both of these programs much
 quicker, less
> >> >clunky, more user friendly and generally easier to use
 than OEM. My
> >> >question is: what does OEM do that the others don't? In
 particular the
> >> >Embarcadero suite.
> >> >
> >> >Any others experiences and/or advice greatly
 appreciated.
> >> >
> >> >
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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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