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..
Formatter Improvements in v4.2
The old formatter, the code that’s used to format your code from v1 to version 4.1 was based on some pattern matching code and expressions. It was very limited, and didn’t like a lot of syntax and coding styles common in Oracle code. It also …
4.2 Tweak, Working with Views
Someone said we should make the view source searchable, and that we should show any errors on a view. Actually, it might have been a few dozen of you. A reader reminded me that we actually implemented this in v4.2. Code Outline I’ll go into …
New Feature: Drag and Drop Object To Copy Them to Another Oracle Database
In both v4.1.5 and v4.2, you can now select objects from your database tree, and drag them to another connection to have them copied. The source can be: a MySQL, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Terradata, or other 3rd party supported RDBMS an Oracle Database The …
SQL Developer Release Party: Download all the Things
Oracle SQL Developer Command Line (SQLcl) is now officially available. (Download) Thanks to the many of you who provided feedback and helped us make this ready. We plan on very regular updates, every 60-90 days, so the fun hasn’t stopped. Oracle SQL Developer v4.1.5 is …
Extending Oracle SQL Developer Command Line (SQLcl) with JavaScript: Single Record Viewer
Oracle SQL Developer Command Line (SQLcl) is the full name for what we’ve been calling, SQLcl. Have you seen the video? It’s only 8 minutes and will catch you up on just what SQLcl is. Anyways, there’s a ‘new’ command called SCRIPT that I want …
Having Fun With Prompts – and Saving Yourself from Mistakes
In SQL Developer we have color coded connections. This was added, not because we like Christmas trees and all the pretty lights, but because sometimes you need a reminder of what database you’re on. So you don’t TRUNCATE stuff, accidentally. Visual cues won’t prevent all …
Client Side Filtering in the Grids
Just what it sounds like – you ask to see LESS data in a grid, and we don’t re-query the database. Instead, we filter only on the client-side. This means it’s FAST. No asking the database to run the query again. This also means you …
Unicode and Oracle SQLcl…on Windows
I have an UMLAUT table. Pretty simple really… CREATE TABLE "HR"."UMLAUT" ( "CHARACTERS" VARCHAR2(2) ) ; REM INSERTING INTO UMLAUT SET DEFINE OFF; INSERT INTO UMLAUT (CHARACTERS) VALUES (’Ñ’); INSERT INTO UMLAUT (CHARACTERS) VALUES (’Ä’); INSERT INTO UMLAUT (CHARACTERS) VALUES (’Ñ’); COMMIT; Looks great in …
Ask Tom…and Chris and Connor
If there is a Madonna or Prince in the Oracle Database world, that would be Tom. You know, people that are known solely by their first name. Of course there’s also Larry, but from a pure database tech perspective, Tom has satiated the curiosity of …
