I realize my needs probably differ from yours, as I'm not a developer, but a DBA. I use toad for most things except writing code. For that I have notepad++. I've found that some of the plug ins and capabilities of notepad++ far outstrips TOAD... now I could only get a way to connect to the db for testing, it would be the perfect software. To be honest, though. I tend to write most PL/SQL in notepad++ and put into the database through the object manager in APEX... which is the only thing I currently develop. Cheers Alan.- On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Michael Moore <michaeljmoore@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I use toad. It's highly configurable. Most performance problems can be > address by changing some options. I would not want to code PL/SQL without > toad. The only thing I would look out for with Toad is Windows 8 > compatibility. If Windows 8 is not an issue for you and if you can afford > Toad, I would definitely go with it. > Also the TOAD development is very accessible via yahoo groups. > > toadbeta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is also very active and friendly. > > Mike > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Jeff Chirco <JChirco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This probably has been asked before but what is everybody's PL/SQL > > development tool they use? I currently use PL/SQL Developer by Allround > > Automations and I like. It is cheap, simple, and easy to use and does > > about everything I need. But there is a major bug ( > > > http://forums.allroundautomations.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&NumberB938#Post42938 > ) > > with screen flashing with dual monitors that is driving me crazy and it > > appears the developer has now interest in fixing it. > > Toad > > I have looked at Toad a little bit and I know that it is popular tool > that > > does a lot but it seems like it is a little cumbersome. There is just so > > much going. Plus the price might be hard to get approval for. > Yesterday I > > downloaded the freeware version of Toad and it is really slow, it takes > > like 8 seconds to bring up a package from the database for editing. > > > > Rapid SQL by Embarcadero > > I looked at this very briefly and I couldn't even figure out how to use > > it. If it is not intuitive to use then I'm out. > > > > Everybody else chime in with their own reviews and or suggestions. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l