I've been using Filemaker for years. I absolutely love it. It makes 
designing databases so simple. The problem now is that at a new job, I need  
to heavily access an Oracle server and run frequent SQL commands. What I 
need is Filemaker-like simplicity for accessing those tables on an Oracle 
Server. I want to see a list of the tables, click on the one I want, and 
see a list of the contents. I'd like to be able to design simple forms with 
buttons and graphics for custom finds, just like can be so simply done in 
Filemaker. I'm on a PC now and Access just can't seem to provide simple 
user interface design features or live Oracle table browsing. Anyone have 
any suggestions?

Thanks.

vnl wrote:

> I've been using Filemaker for years. I absolutely love it. It makes 
> designing databases so simple. The problem now is that at a new job, I need  
> to heavily access an Oracle server and run frequent SQL commands. What I 
> need is Filemaker-like simplicity for accessing those tables on an Oracle 
> Server. I want to see a list of the tables, click on the one I want, and 
> see a list of the contents. I'd like to be able to design simple forms with 
> buttons and graphics for custom finds, just like can be so simply done in 
> Filemaker. I'm on a PC now and Access just can't seem to provide simple 
> user interface design features or live Oracle table browsing. Anyone have 
> any suggestions?

4D for Oracle (http://www.4d.com) or Servoy (http://www.servoy.com) is 
probably your best bet - they are both cross-platform and supposedly 
easier to use than Access. FileMaker's SQL connectivity works, but it 
doesn't do live browsing - it will import records into an FM database, 
but won't work on the live data.