Let me restate the problem so that we may compare apples with apples...
When using SQLPlus (or other tools) there are 3 parts:
INPUT EXECUTION OUTPUT
Now,
INPUT is horrid using notepad. So, we substitute with UltraEdit32 (i
downloaded it, its very good), emacs, vi, bbedit(mac), which is good, but:
a. we are back to the toggle mode between sqlplus and the editor
b. where is the security?
c. what about the output so that we may work with the data, change the data,
etc, etc....SPOOL?
So, the suggestions reg. ultraedit32, emacs, vi, bbedit, et al, is a
quickfix for the input. Its not a comprehensive solution for either the
end-user or the power user.
EXECUTION in sqlplus is by far great (the greatest).
OUTPUT in sqlplus is horrid, spool file spool on/out... terrible, so we csv
to excel, etc. These are all work arounds, again not a comprehensive
solution.
A comprehensive solution would involve INPUT+EXECUTION+OUTPUT, not just any
one aspect of this. I have downloaded most of the windows based tools that
were mentioned and am evaluating again, however, not many options here...and
that surprises me.
Sue DBA OCP
From : Mladen Gogala <mladen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To : oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent : Friday, February 20, 2004 6:16 AM To : oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject : Re: SQLPlus -- replacement tool
I use UltraEdit32. Its a programming text editor with about 1000 built = in functions. I think a single license copy is $35. It supports sql and = pl/sql syntax highlighting, column editing (which I used extensively to = create a million sql statements at a time), very large file support, = built in ftp client, regular expressions, most unix like functions, like = grep, sort, uniq, multiple clipboards, templates, macros. You can edit = in hex, ascii, ebcdic, unix, mac. It has won several awards. I have = been using it in combination with sqlplus for five years. I have both = TOAD and DBArtisan but prefer Ultraedit. It's possible that it can be = linked directly to sqlplus. I know you can run programs from it but = haven't tried to link it. You can make it your default editor. It has = improved my sql productivity 100%. =20
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