SQL plus is an interactive query tool which comes in collaboration and installed with Oracle 12C database.
It is a client and acts as a interface to access the Oracle database.
The advantages of using SQL plus are as follows:-
It can be launched directly from the command line interface so no need of accessing and implementing a separate GUI for accessing the database.
Using SQL plus is much simpler and of much ease.
It can run both the SQL and the PL/SQL command which acts as an advantage and we need not go to different places to use both.
It has several inbuilt excellent reporting capabilities which directs and guides the user at every single step and ensures that the commands are executed properly.
It has considerable less memory requirements as compared to other query languages and occupies considerably less disk space.
It is designed to work at a very high speed specially for Oracle and therefore can retrieve a large amount of data very quickly and easily.
The SQL plus query languages generally follow and use long-established standards which is being adopted by ANSI & ISO as compared to other query tools.
Like other complex query systems this does not require any substantial coding and can be easily used by a layman or a beginner.
SQL plus is specially designed to be compatible with Oracle versions and has excellent compatibility skills which provides good performance.