[Info-vax] Oracle SQL Developer access for Rdb

[Richard Maher]

On 3/13/2015 1:07 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> Much like a good IDE can speed the development of application source
> code, and as an IDE can help generate better and more maintainable
> source code, tools such as InstantSQL, Sequel Pro and PSequel an speed
> the development and the maintenance of SQL code and of SQL databases, as
> well as for generating one-off queries and for certain sorts of database
> maintenance tasks.
>
> Unfortunately, the native IDEs and the SQL tools that are available for
> OpenVMS are rather limited in comparison to those of other platforms,
> which means falling back to command-line work and text editors far more
> often than I'd prefer, or using remote access where that's available. As
> useful as interactive SQL can be, and editors such as vim and emacs and
> LSEDIT for that matter, they're just not as effective for me. Yes, for
> various other folks programming on OpenVMS, the available VMS IDEs will
> be better choice.  For various SQL applications, interactive SQL is the
> proper choice.   But for performing ad hoc queries, I really don't find
> the SQL command line all that efficient, particularly in comparison to
> what InstantSQL provided.


Why does the GUI/IDE/SQL tool have to run on VMS?

> which is one
> of the reasons why I tend to use remote access to the databases.

Problem solved.