The first version of SQL*Plus was called ''UFI'' ("User Friendly Interface"). UFI appeared in Oracle database releases up to Version 4.
After Oracle programmers had added new features to UFI, its name became ''Advanced UFI''. The name "Advanced UFI" changed to "SQL*Plus" beforewith the release of thisthe version 5 of Oracle<ref>{{Whichcite book |date=July2004 2009|title=Oracle Insights |edition=1st |url=http://books.google.fr/books?id=QE5UntUi-4oC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=UFI+oracle&source=bl&ots=gyIqS_8Ahx&sig=W4zgRp6WqncW-gZVkgAvSYmqyOo&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=C8gmU8r5GOqqyAO3z4HYCg&ved=0CHIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=UFI%20oracle&f=false |page=35| isbn = 978-1590593875|accessdate=March 18, 2014}} version</ref>.
{{As of |2013|8}}, the product continues to bear the name ''SQL*Plus''.
