Embarcadero Technologies Introduces SQL Tuner to Improve the Quality of SQL Code

Business Wire, April 24, 2001

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001

Embarcadero SQL Tuner Gives Database Professionals the Power to

Build High-Performance Databases

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMBT), a leading provider of database lifecycle management solutions, today announced the availability of Embarcadero SQL Tuner, an easy-to-use software tool that allows database professionals to create and tune database code to optimize the efficiency and speed of the database. Embarcadero SQL Tuner increases database performance by not only helping to find and fix poorly-written code, but also aids users in building fast and accurate SQL code the first time around. Through better SQL code, response times for slow-running databases increase dramatically.

A database's overall performance can often be attributed directly to the SQL code that runs against it. This makes it critical for database professionals to continually improve the efficiency of database code. Embarcadero SQL Turner enables any database professional, from novice to expert, to detect and correct poorly-written SQL code quickly and easily. Embarcadero SQL Tuner provides an intuitive graphical interface and a wizard-driven tuning assistant that guides inexperienced users through the complex process of tuning the code. Not only does the technology locate bottlenecks; it automatically suggests more optimal SQL cases to correct it.

"SQL Tuner greatly simplifies the database tuning process for us," says Scott Walz, senior programmer/analyst for Powergen plc. "Being able to have the product automatically rewrite and visually compare different SQL queries allows us to find efficient code much quicker than our old time-consuming processes ever did."

"We set out to create a SQL performance product that is accessible by any database professional, regardless of their experience level in tuning SQL code," said Robin Schumacher, vice president of product management for Embarcadero Technologies. "Embarcadero SQL Tuner takes the difficulty out of tuning by providing a user-friendly environment for easily testing and improving SQL code."

SQL Tuner features include:

-- AutoTune: AutoTune automatically searches for the best way to rewrite a SQL
statement for optimum performance. The feature allows novice database
professionals to gain experience in correcting poorly written code. It also
allows experienced users a shortcut from hours of manual trials and tests
needed to improve existing database code.

-- The System Global Area (SGA) explore utility: The SGA explore facility
immediately identifies the worst running database code in an existing system
and allows any found statement to be instantly tuned for better performance. It
reduces the amount of time database professionals must spend searching for
inefficient queries that are slowing down the overall performance of a
database-driven system.

-- Automates tedious and complicated coding tasks: Intelligent code assistants
raise user productivity by expertly identifying and correcting missing code
segments, including SQL database hints that run right the first time, building
different iterations of SQL code that the user may not have the knowledge to do
and visually comparing various SQL cases and EXPLAIN PLAN's to instantly find
the best overall SQL statement from many different possibilities.

Pricing and Availability

Embarcadero SQL Tuner version 1.0 can be purchased today for $2495 plus maintenance. To learn more about SQL Tuner and other products from Embarcadero Technologies, visit the Web site at http://www.embarcadero.com, or call or email the sales and product department at 415/834-3131 ext. 3, sales@embarcadero.com. Embarcadero SQL Tuner runs on all Windows client platforms and works with any Oracle 7.3.4 - 8.1.7 database.

About Embarcadero Technologies

Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMBT), is a leading provider of software solutions that enable organizations to build and manage enterprise applications and their underlying databases. Thousands of customers, including 90 of the Fortune 100, use Embarcadero products to design, develop and administer their mission-critical database applications. Embarcadero is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, call 415-834-3131 or visit http://www.embarcadero.com.

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