Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle offers a new tool for coping with with its RDBMS; Oracle SQL Developer. Although, the tool supports only Oracle RDBMS, I found very usefull the tool compared to SQL*Plus.

The tool belongs to a new generation of Oralcle products that are based on java and have simplified installation processes (for example Oracle XE). So, the good news is that the tool does not require the installation of Oracle Client kit. The only requirement is the existence of a JRE 1.5.

The SQL Developer cannot be compared to full featured products, like TOAD, but I would highly recommended.