The Oracle SQL Developer family currently has two ‘SQL Developer’ branded products: Oracle SQL Developer Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Oracle SQL Developer is the database IDE and Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler is our dedicated data modeling solution. Where it gets interesting is that the entire Data Modeler product also runs inside of SQL [...]
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Managing Table and Column Comments in Oracle SQL Developer
An interesting question came up on the ORACLE-L mailing list this morning regarding table comments: Just wanted to get a general opinion on using comments in the database. For example COMMENT ON COLUMN table.column “No comment”. Does anyone do this as a regular best practice? I would prefer to see this abstraction in a data [...]
Four Oracle SQL Developer Preferences You Should Know
In an earlier blog post I listed my ‘Top 10 Preferences to Tweak…’ Instead of amending that to Top 14, I wanted to give a fresh and updated take on some features that directly impact productivity and data quality. After doing three customer calls in three consecutive days, I realized I was spending a lot [...]
Why Can’t I See My Tables in Oracle SQL Developer?
Because you don’t have any tables. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you don’t actually ‘OWN’ any tables. What you mostly likely DO have are SYNONYMS that point to tables in a application schema. When you log on to Oracle, you are seeing this: The solution is simple! Enable Synonym Support [...]
Locks and Killing Sessions in Oracle SQL Developer
Getting the Windows ‘busy’ hourglass cursor is sure to raise anyone’s blood pressure. Sometimes you’re left there waiting because a resource you’re attempting to access is already being used by someone else. So you get to WAIT. You are being BLOCKED because what you want is LOCKED. How can you see what the hold-up is? [...]
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