1. Introduction

KSqlPlus is the KDE application which provides convenient interface to terminal application ORACLE SQL*Plus (sqlplus). KSqlPlus works with SQL*Plus as with separate child process (using KProcess class from kdecore). KSqlPlus looks like Oracle SQL Worksheet for Windows (included in Oracle Enterprise Manager package) and has same features.

KSqlPlus is the front-end program like many usable front-ends (xxgdb, KDbg, etc). KSqlPlus doesn't try to interpret both your input and SQL*Plus output - KSqlPlus simply redirects your input to SQL*Plus and shows complete SQL*Plus output. The main idea of this program is creation of convenient graphical interface for existentional powerful SQL processor independently of its version.

You must be an experienced Oracle user and you must know something about SQL*Plus for usage of KSqlPlus as this handbook doesn't explain SQL command syntax, SQL*Plus commands, etc.

Online Oracle documentation and downloadable software are located on Oracle Technology Network site http://technet.oracle.com.

1.1 Basic features

• All features provided by SQL*Plus (SQL processing, macro substitution, bind variables, additional commands 'describe', 'show', result formatting, etc).
• Asynchronous SQL executing - while SQL*Plus executes your command you can edit next one or operate with gotten results.
• SQL scripts operating - creation, editing, saving.
• SQL command history operating.
• KDE clipboard operation both for user input and SQL*Plus output.
• Printing user commands and SQL*Plus output (not implemented yet).
• Configurable font for input/output windows and accelerators.

1.2 Changes

2000-02-28 Yury Lebedev

Version 0.9.3 has been released.

2000-02-25 Yury Lebedev

SQL*Plus has being exited correctly during KSqlPlus shutdown. Several fixes for working with current directory and scripts.

2000-02-21 Yury Lebedev

Oracle username and database are displayed on main window caption.

2000-01-16 Yury Lebedev

Added breaking/restarting SQL*Plus.

2000-01-12 Yury Lebedev

Changed makefiles for RPM creation. Wrote russian user manual.

2000-01-10 Yury Lebedev

Pre-release version 0.9. Wrote english user manual.

1999-12-21 Yury Lebedev

First working version 0.1 released. Wrote translations.

1999-12-10 Yury Lebedev

Begin KSqlPlus project.