I had the privilege of spending a few days in Argentina and Brazil last week presenting on all things SQL Developer. It turns out, they enjoy the very same tricks that folks everywhere else do – especially the split editors and multiple tab groups. Here’s …
Version 4.2 Work Continues – Keep up the Feedback and Comments!
So version v4.2 has been out for Early Adopter testing and feedback since September. We’re still doing work on those new features and improvments, and will also be adding additional features and tweaks in a 2nd Early Adopter update, stay tuned. We’re of course also …
Data Modeler: Foreign Key Create New Column vs Use Existing
When using the data modeler, we assume when you add a foreign key, you haven’t already created the ID column. So we create that for you. Here’s what that looks like. I draw the relationship. I don’t want that. I want it to use USER.USER_ID …
Filter All The Things
I often spend a lot of time on the ‘cool’ and ‘advanced’ tips and tricks when doing talks for SQL Developer. Today, I’m co-presenting with Helen , and she chose to spotlight a bunch of stuff around filtering. Follow @HelenJSanders I love the topic, but …
User Defined Properties in SQL Developer Data Modeler
There are tons of properties you can set in your design objects. In fact, I discovered a ‘new’ one this week thanks to my friend David. #Oracle #SQLDev Data Modeler users please up vote my feature request to allow additional “display as” componentshttps://t.co/2fIbVXmIn9::: — david …
Top SQL – Seeing What Hurts in the v4.2 Instance Viewer
We introduced the Instance Viewer in v4.1. We show you in real time what’s happening in your database. To get there, open your DBA panel. Connect. Then go to the Database Status node. Storage bits are interesting, but maybe you’re more excited about the specific …
SQLcl History Demo and How to Extend History Limit
Twitter wasn’t playing nice, so I’ll just blog this 🙂 Want to extend your history size from 100 statements/scripts? Add this to your login.sql. prompt Bumping up SQL History to 250 Items script var MultiLineHistory = Java.type("oracle.dbtools.raptor.console.MultiLineHistory"); MultiLineHistory.getInstance().setMaxItems(250); / Don’t go crazy, remember each item …
Trick: Getting Rid of SQLcl Buffer Line Numbers When Pasting into SQLDev
I love SQLcl – I use it more and more every day. But. Sometimes I need a GUI. Copying and pasting code between the two can be cumbersome – Toggle the Block Cursor You can do this in v4.1 with the mouse and clicking to …
Demo: AutoTrace – Generate Hints and Compare Different Execution Plans & Stats
For some reason I procrastinated setting up my video software on my new work machine. Big mistake. I put together this animated GIF to show some new things in version 4.2: Updated formatter – better support for ANSI joins Opening objects referenced in your execution …
Toggling Between SQL Worksheet Result Panels
I’ve talked about keyboard shortcuts before… But What About Going From One Data Grid to the Next? Apparently I neglected to show that one. Move Right: ALT+SHIFT+F5 Move Left: SHIFT+F5 Just so you know I’m not making this up..
