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I believe DBVisualizer is on the right track. The PL/SQL support is getting better. However it is still lacking. If you look at AllAround Automation's PL/SQL developer, you can see some of the support features you are missing.
For example, to be able to move back and forth between a package spec and package body.
My thinking is that more IDE features are needed, features like Intellij IDEA. Autocomplete of member variables, refactoring, etc...
For this you will need a full language parser for PL/SQL which antlr can help with. This PL/SQL support will take a long time to add but if achieved, DBVis will compete with Toad and PL/SQL developer and perhaps surpass them.
Rodrigo
anonymous