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0 pointsAnnatar8y ago0 comments

Thankfully there are exceptions. Not everyone is trying to be hip. When one needs to build seriously bullet proof, robust systems which must handle extreme amounts of data and do it very fast, Oracle database in RAC configuration is the way to go, and a CLI SQL client is the tool to get there.

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oblio8y ago· 3 in thread

Is there a good Oracle CLI client available somewhere, then?

AnnatarOP8y ago

Possibly, but I’m still stuck automating using SQL*Plus. If it just had libreadline [CURSOR UP] history functionality, it would be really powerful (the official documentation on it is 600+ pages). pgsql and Vertica databases don’t need any more client enhancements, but the one database which does doesn’t get one. Talk about a missed market opportunity!

barrkel8y ago

Use rlwrap as another commenter mentioned.

oblio8y ago

You're assuming that most DBA's or companies using Oracle would pay for more powerful CLI. In my experience with Oracle DBA's, most just use SQLDeveloper.

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