DB Console

DB Console is a free tool that has been included in the database installation since Oracle 10g. It is a web application, and it works reasonably well in most browsers. It needs a separate configuration for every database that you want to work with, which makes it a burden for your system. When working with many databases, this hardly makes sense. In that case, Grid Control is a better choice; but, it lacks the features that are present in DB Console.

After the installation, the URL for DB Console is shown. When launching the browser to the specified URL, we get to see the logon screen as follows:

We can use this tool from a remote location as long as it is somehow reachable from your current location. This is great and can be very useful. After entering User Name and Password, we get to the DB Console home page. Here, you can see a quick overview of the database that the DB Console is working on:

In this case, the database's name is shield01 and it's located on the pantzer server...