The vendor's 40-strong database development team all have access to the Oracle tool, with 15 to 20 of them actively using it. in Herndon, Va., has been using SQL Developer since March and has already adopted Release 1.1.
Oracle's Migration Technology Group is working on a further extension to SQL Developer that later this year will make it possible for developers to move some or all of the objects and data contained in third-party databases over to Oracle.ĭomain-name registrar Network Solutions Inc. While a main focus of SQL Developer 1.0 was its support for multiple operating systems - Windows, Linux and Mac OS X - the new release of the tool has expanded its links outside of Oracle's own databases to rival offerings, initially Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server and Access databases and MySQL AB's open-source database.