Shawn Gordon asks:

>      We are looking at getting a package that is written in VB and uses
>      Oracle on the backend, which will be on a HP 9000.  Can someone give
>      me an idea of the cost and type of tools available for database
>      management and program development?  I assume that ODBC can be used,
>      but what about the Designer/2000 stuff from Oracle?

Shawn,

Why use Oracle's Designer/2000 when looking at VB?  VB5 (and soon, VB6) will
perform as good, if not better, than most of the Oracle tools - at least in
the C/S environment.

Oracle drivers come with VB, and they can be downloaded from Oracle's site,
I believe, free of charge.  Using Oracle's tools add quite a bit of overhead
from what I hear (from multiple sources) and VB can usually top that.

Just my US$0.02 worth,
Joe