Historically and semantically, SQL Developer is a developer tool. There is very little comparison with TOAD for the dba.
But… Oracle is working on this! In the latest release, 3.0 EA1, you will be able to see Tablespaces, Redo logs and controlfile, finally.
Still no session browser, but I am delighted that the database administrators are not getting forgotten !
Thanks Surachart for spreading the news!
on Toad, if we need to check all datafile… we have to use commercial version. but on SQL Developer 3.0 EA we can see all datafiles 🙂
“Still no session browser” Did you try Tools – Monitor Sessions…?
@timo : very nice 🙂 !!!
@surachart : no doubt that Toad is costly… but when you spent M$ on databases licences, why saving a few K$ on toad if it is your dreamtool !
@Laurent Schneider
Do not select Monitor Sessions refresh until next version. The tool will hang.