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   "HansF"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2006.02.22.20.02.42.581588@telus.net...   
   > Depends entirely on what yiou are trying to develop and what language you   
   > are trying to use to develop.   
   >   
   > Oracle Developer is the common name for a SUITE of products, that includes   
   >   
   > - Oracle Forms; (a forms builder - think PowerBuilder, VB but in PL/SQL)   
   > - Oracle Reports; (a report builder - think Crystal Reports)   
   > - Oracle JDeveloper; (a Java IDE - think Eclipse)   
   > - Warehouse Builder; (an ETL builder - think   
   > - Oracle Designer; (a CASE tool - think Erwin and other modelling tools)   
   > - Oracle Discoverer; (ad hoc query administrator - think Informatica)   
   > - Oracle SCM; (source code config mgt - think CVS, Safe Source)   
   >   
   > IN all cases, Oracle provides a decent and usable environment. Whether it   
   > is for you depends on your brain - as with any GUI environment, your   
   > comfort level depends on whether you CAN think in the same way the   
   > developer of the enviuronment thinks.   
   >   
   > Whether it is superior, or even functional, for an individual is often a   
   > matter of religion.   
   >   
   > I fully expect flames on this from all sorts of [explicative deleted]   
   > people who have reasons for not using a specific component of the suite -   
   > usually religious ravings that do not take into account that things   
   > change/improve over time.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Hans Forbrich   
   > Canada-wide Oracle training and consulting   
   > mailto: Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com   
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   >   
      
   You forgot to mention sql*plus :-p   
      
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