Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!rd1g+ From: rd1g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald Henry Daubel) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Information on Oracle Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 89 03:03:57 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 33 Sorry if this has been covered before, but; I would like some (more) information about ORACLE. What application development tools are included with the DBMS. Are the development tools easy to use? Specifically, how easy is it to create tables, relationships, data entry constraints, data entry forms, reports, menus, and views. Does ORACLE provide a code generator? How does it handle maintenance (backups and recoveries)? How easy it is to change the structure of a database? Is there a data dictionary subsystem? If so, how is it accessed? Is access restricted to the DBA (and other authorized personnel), or can anyone access it? How well does ORACLE manage memory space? Disk space? What kind of query system is provided, and how easy is it for a non-programmer to use? To keep any traffic created off the net, please respond by mail to: rd1g@andrew.cmu.edu or r746rd1g@vb.cc.cmu.edu.bitnet Thanks to all who respond. Ron Daubel