Yet Another SQL*Plus Replacement 1.82 review

YASQL project is an open source Oracle command line interface

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Nathan Shafer

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YASQL project is an open source Oracle command line interface. It features a much kinder user interface than SQL*Plus (sqlplus).

This is meant to be a complete replacement for SQL*Plus when dealing with ad hoc queries and general database interfacing.

Here are some key features of "Yet Another SQL Plus Replacement":
full ReadLine support for command history and tab completion
alternate output methods
table
list
CSV
redirection and piping of query results
query editing
scripting
easy administrative data dictionary commands.

What's New in This Release:
Fixed the 'DECIMAL' problem with describe command.
Added sql mode with i (patch by Ed Avis).
Added redirectors (>, >>, |) to describe.
Added 'show user' command.
Added 'show uid' command.
Added new makefile targets: clean, check. (patch by Ed Avis)
Added "and owner = ?" to some show targets (patch by anonymous).
Added command_complete_list feature and config option.
Added disconnect command
Added command completion: select, update, insert, delete, execute, etc.
Added table.column name completion.
Added feature to run tty-less (patch by Michael Kroell).
Added a workaround for SunOS's alarm() bug (patch by Ed Avis).
Fixed some minor issues in parser code.