Comments on: What’s So Great about PL/SQL http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2008/03/03/whats-so-great-about-plsql/ Practical techniques for raising a well-adjusted database Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: vdibart http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2008/03/03/whats-so-great-about-plsql/comment-page-1/#comment-45 vdibart Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:56:20 +0000 http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2008/03/03/whats-so-great-about-plsql/#comment-45 Rob, In terms of version control, it's not really that much different than any other kind of file. I have a source file with the code in it and then install that file on the database. I *never* edit a procedure directly in the database as this is inherently evil. I think some developers get caught up on this point because most UIs allow you to edit the proc directly in the database. But if you ignore that functionality it's exactly the same as any other kind of source file. For plugins - I believe there is a decent one for Eclipse but I usually edit the procedure in Emacs and have a quick bash script that I use to do the installation. And my preferred database tool is Toad, which has a free windows version. Hope that helps. I may discuss this topic further in a later post. Thanks for the comments! Rob,

In terms of version control, it’s not really that much different than any other kind of file. I have a source file with the code in it and then install that file on the database. I *never* edit a procedure directly in the database as this is inherently evil. I think some developers get caught up on this point because most UIs allow you to edit the proc directly in the database. But if you ignore that functionality it’s exactly the same as any other kind of source file.

For plugins – I believe there is a decent one for Eclipse but I usually edit the procedure in Emacs and have a quick bash script that I use to do the installation. And my preferred database tool is Toad, which has a free windows version. Hope that helps.

I may discuss this topic further in a later post. Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Robert Spychala http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2008/03/03/whats-so-great-about-plsql/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Robert Spychala Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:36:07 +0000 http://www.nodroidsallowed.com/2008/03/03/whats-so-great-about-plsql/#comment-44 Good article. I've worked with PL/SQL is the past and it wasn't the most fun. Probably mostly due to the SQL editing tools i used (SQL Navigator), but i agree that having all the type checking is really neat. Version control was a pain as well. But if there is a good PL/SQL eclipse plugin let us know brotha! r.S. Good article. I’ve worked with PL/SQL is the past and it wasn’t the most fun. Probably mostly due to the SQL editing tools i used (SQL Navigator), but i agree that having all the type checking is really neat. Version control was a pain as well. But if there is a good PL/SQL eclipse plugin let us know brotha!

r.S.

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