Using Designer as a code repository

Hello,
I am curious as to how many users on this forum use Designer as a source code repository as well as for logical/ physical modelling, code generation, etc.? We're in a position where we have a number of repositories to store 'code', and what is in Designer is often not the 'master'.
I've always found the big weakness of CASE tools as code repositories to be the fact that, normally, only a handful of people in an organisation use them, and that most developers will just code by hand anyway. In addition, you need somebody with access to the tool to get the table DDL, or package or whatever.
I realise that it would be good practice to have somebody administer this kind of thing anyway, but I'm interested in peoples' opinions. We're (still) using v6 so I realise the level of version control is far less granular than later versions of Designer, and I wondered if this is a big hindrance for us in this respect?
Thanks, Antony

Hi Antony,
I would love to have used it - even with the version control of 6i/10g versions. However, as you said, on all the projects I've been on most developers prefer other tools ie: TOAD for writing the source code.
I find now that Designer has just been left behind and has no chance of ever being used for writing code.
If I was in the position of a brand new project with NO schema or PL/SQL what would I use? Dunno :) It may well be Designer to control the table/view definitions but would not be Designer for anything else (ie PL/SQL based). It might just be TOAD schema browser on a blank schema.
Would be wary of using v6 without version control switched on - it's a great feature - but a little too late :(
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