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 [...]
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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? [...]
Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler: Using Displays…
…to Create Alternate Visual Presentations of your Diagrams Your data model tells a story, and we all learn as small children that the best stories have pictures – the more the better! There’s a reason I try to always have at least one picture in my blog posts – even adults are easily distracted. We [...]
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