BENEFITS OF USING ORACLE DEVELOPER

Question

Dear Oracle Users,
What are the other advantages of using oracle developer 6.0 over other front end tool like VB,... except coding flexibility ?
Please suggest me ,I need it.

Answer 1

Sudip -
I haven't implemented this, but I think I can answer in theory.
The API abstracts the physical from the logical. If you code against the API you are dealing with Dimensions, Facts, and Cubes rather than tables. There are many options in terms of physically storing the data in Oracle tables or OLAP cubes. The benefit of having this abstraction is that if you later decide to change the physical storage (let's say for performance reasons), you don't need to change your code or the query definitions you have created at the API-level. You only need to update the OLAP Metadata which maps the physical tables (or OLAP cubes) to the logical cube, fact, and dimension definitions.
I think your decision on whether it makes sense to change or not depends on the size of your implementation and the long-term goals. If you have a small implementation, you may not see the benefit. But if you have a large implementation, over the long-term you may find a lower maintanence cost since many data-level changes should not effect query definition or api-level program code.
Dave [email protected]