DataSparc has announced DBAConnect, a remote-management tool for Oracle databases that allows DBAs and developers to manage and develop Oracle databases over the internet via a Web browser.

DBAConnect was developed using Java and standard Web-based technology, so the product is platform-independent and requires no additional software installation. DBAConnect users can create tables, views, synonyms, sequences, users, roles, tablespaces, and data files and are able to execute any SQL statement using a SQL Window. The product's session-control feature also allows DBAs to get session information and kill a session.

A free trial version of the product is available for download.

theKompany.com has released dbRadar version 1.0 for Linux and Windows. dbRadar is a tool for the administration, monitoring, and development of databases, including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DB2.

New features include an enhanced syntax editor with support for SQL and Java, multiple simultaneous database connections, and improved documentation in PDF and html formats. New Oracle-only features include the ability to create, view, edit, drop, browse, and compile database objects; a debug window with the ability to execute all, execute next, step in, and step out through PL/SQL code; and the ability to view the DDL of database objects.

A free demonstration version of dbRadar and the complete product are available for download.

Book Beat Oracle Database 10g SQL By Jason Price McGraw-Hill/Osborne's Oracle Press ISBN: 0072229810 Respected Oracle expert and author Jason Price returns with a book designed for anyone who works with SQL in an Oracle environment, as well as PL/SQL developers. Price covers the basics of SQL, then presents Oracle 10g SQL extensions, and finally provides detailed information about programming with PL/SQL, making this one of the most comprehensive texts about SQL and PL/SQL ever printed. Price starts with generic SQL fundamentals, providing helpful real-world examples to illustrate the use of SQL—examples that make use of the sample schemas available with Oracle Database 10g. He offers a slightly more in-depth discussion of data definition language statements and data manipulation language statements than are often found in books of this length. He moves into intermediate and advanced examples, using concise language. This book also covers SQL*Plus and its editing commands and includes a complete discussion of PL/SQL. Oracle Database 10g New Features By Mike Ault, Daniel Liu, Madhu Tumma Rampant TechPress ISBN: 0-9740716-0-9 If you're slightly overwhelmed by the number of new features in Oracle Database 10g and you're looking for a quick guide that puts these features into context, look no further. Oracle Database 10g New Features, by three respected Oracle experts, provides straightforward feedback about which new features you should use immediately and which features you can wait to implement. This book takes an in-depth look at the Oracle Database 10g features that are the most important to system performance and database administration, including showing you changes to the Oracle Database 10g SQL optimizer, discussing the new advisors for SQL tuning, illustrating how to use all new Oracle Database 10g initialization parameters, and much more. To help you learn about new database features quickly and thoroughly, the authors have created and included dozens of working samples in the Oracle Database 10g online code depot. Examples from all areas are covered with working scripts and code.