Limitation in using sql *plus as a database for applications

dear experts;
I would like to know all, what are some of the major limitations in using sql*plus as your database in designing application besides the fact the user-interface is not friendly enough..and google is not producing relevant answers to my questions by the way unfortunately

user13328581 wrote:
I know about the drivers, I just need an IDE very similar to PL/SQL developer that will give me an opportunity to create the tables and their relationships and perform other DDL tasks that is why initially i was just wondering whether it is okay to utilize sql*plus for all that...SQLPlus can process any valid sql statement. Actually, it will pass anything that is not a sqlplus command to the database to be processed. The database will process any valid sql statement and pass the result back to the client to do with as the client sees fit - the client being sqlplus in this case.
Which is exactly what SQL Developer does. You say you want something "very similar to PL/SQL developer ". Why not SQL Developer itself?
It sounds like you continue to confuse the database with the client application. ("what are some of the major limitations in using sql*plus as your database ...", "I need an oracle database which can be integrated with visual studio ")
The database has no user interface at all. It accepts connection requests from clients, processes sql statements (or pl/sql blocks) passed from those clients and returns results to those clients. Those clients could be sqlplus, SQL Developer, Toad, Visual Basic, Access, Excel, or any number of other products -- all connecting to the same database at the same time, to do whatever they are programmed to do. You want to develop an app in visual studio? Be my guest. You want to use SQL Developer to create the tables, etc, needed by the app? Go right ahead. They are not mutually exclusive. You want to use sqlplus as well? Go ahead, it's the same database, just a different client app.

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