Since 1996 Benthic Software has produced high quality database tools for Oracle and other SQL Databases. Our products are high performance Windows programs that are designed to be both powerful and easy to use.

New! Golden 6 features an improved interface, full Unicode support, client side sorting, filtering, formatting and lots more! Please see the products page for details. Golden 6 can be installed alongside Golden 5 without problems. As always with our products, Golden 6 can be used for 30 days before purchasing. Please see the purchasing page for upgrade pricing. Download it today! Please see the Golden6 history page for details.

We've updated the FAQ and Support pages.

BenthicSQALL is an SQL tool for any database that supports ODBC or OLEDB drivers. Version 2 is a free upgrade from version 1 and now includes Unicode support, workspaces, more export options and more! Version 2.1 adds bind variables, prompt variables and many small fixes and improvements. Please see the BenthicSQALL page for details.

New versions of PLEdit and Goldview are available and are free upgrades from all previous versions. Both programs have been updated to match Golden 6 with Unicode support, visual improvements for Windows 7 and new features. Please see the items below for more information.

Version 6 adds support for Unicode and Oracle 10's compile warnings and hints. It also adds the new login window from Golden 6 along with many small improvements and fixes. Please see the PLEdit history page for specifics.

Version 3 adds support for Unicode and function based indexes. It also adds the new login window from Golden 6 along with many small improvements and fixes. Please see the Goldview history page for specifics.

Version 5.7 adds lots of new features and improvements! This version includes updates to make Golden look better on Vista as well as some interface improvements. Please see the Golden history page for details.

GoldLoad is an ActiveX Automation Server for high speed ascii delimited and fixed-width (new for 1.1!) imports and exports. High speed, low resource (highly optimized to reduce Database round trips) and easy to use. Great for batch exports and imports! Highly configurable settings with detailed error logs make using GoldLoad a breeze! Examples show running imports and exports using Windows Scripting Host. Give it a try! Version 1.3 adds support for ZONED DECIMALS as well as LONG RAW and BLOB datatypes. Version 1.4 adds support for longer delimiters and some speed improvements. Please see the Goldload history page for details.