sqldeveloper 1.2 and Oracle Application Express 3.0 the free tool
Customers always ask �How can I manipulate and build a simple report using my data in Oracle?� They will normally follow by a question �Can I have it free?� The answer is YES and you can have more than one tool either is web based or client based. There are not only free but running on different platform. There can run on Linux, Windows, Mac OS and some other UNIX too.
The FREE web based development tool will be the Oracle Application Express. Application Express can create web based Form for users to input data and search data, Report in grid format as well as report with chart. Download Oracle Application Express using the link below.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/index.html
The FREE client based development tool to manipulate data and build a report will be Oracle sqldeveloper. Packages, Functions and Stored Procedures can be created using this tool. There is a patch facility with this tool so the users can check for the patches for sqldeveloper online. Download Oracle Application Express using the link below.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/sql/index.html
