Good Oracle database development and management tool on Windows [closed]

Question

I'm looking for an Oracle database management tool like sql server management studio. I've searched the internet and found a lot of tools on the following link:

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Search/oracle.html.

But I don't know which one is better.

I need a stable and easy-to-use GUI tool for working on windows.

Answer 1

The best free ones are (in no particular order)

• SQL Developer
• TOra
• TOAD
• Oracle Enterprise Manager (parts are included in the licence)
• Eclipse plugin - SQL Explorer

The best commercial ones are (in no particular order)

• TOAD
• DBArtisan
• Oracle Enterprise Manager
• PL/SQL Developer

Answer 2

My shop uses an open-source Eclipse plugin called SQL Explorer: http://eclipsesql.sourceforge.net/ It has good stuff for examining schemata; it integrates with your source code control system; it works on other database table servers too.

We also use a commercial tool called PL/SQL Developer: http://www.allroundautomations.com/plsqldev.html This tool has a "SQL Beautifier" which can tidy up some of the hairiest queries you can imagine. In tidying them up, it helps the one writing the query find typos. It also has a context menu that will do "EXPLAIN PLAN" on a query that's already running, and a way to stop a running query. Those are incredibly handy tools.

Carpenteri mentioned Oracle Enterprise Manager. That comes with your Oracle thick client. I find it helpful for getting an instance-wide view of what's going on in your server.