We’ve gone a bit manic when it comes to releasing updates for SQL Developer:- 4x a year, or once a quarter. We’re committed to delivering on this schedule, but we reserve the right to skip a release if there’s no urgent need. More frequent releases means not as much time to wait for bug fixes, and also that new features …
More on Working with PL/SQL Packages – Ordering their Contents
Normally when someone asks me about ordering packages, I check the doorstop for our daily Amazon delivery. Ok, it just seems that way, and I’m lucky that my awesome wife/partner doesn’t read this blog… …but what we’re really here to talk about is finding stuff in your PL/SQL package. I think there are 2 types of folks: Those that code …
18.1 – New Formatting Option, Right-Align Query Keywords
Due to popular demand, we’ve added this new preference to the formatter. With it turned on: On SELECT B.DEPARTMENT_NAME, A.FIRST_NAME, A.LAST_NAME, A.SALARY FROM DEPARTMENTS B, EMPLOYEES A WHERE A.EMPLOYEE_ID = B.MANAGER_ID AND B.DEPARTMENT_ID (+) = A.DEPARTMENT_ID ORDER BY SALARY DESC, LAST_NAME ASC; Off SELECT B.DEPARTMENT_NAME, A.FIRST_NAME, A.LAST_NAME, A.SALARY FROM DEPARTMENTS B, EMPLOYEES A WHERE A.EMPLOYEE_ID = B.MANAGER_ID AND B.DEPARTMENT_ID (+) …
18.1 Features: SQL Injection Detection
A small feature that could have a huge impact on your code – we try to make sure you know your PL/SQL might be vulnerable. SQL Injection is a very well known security risk in the database world. Nefarious people could ‘inject’ SQL into the code you’re about to execute via some some of user input you make available to …
18.1 is Now Available – Easier Connections!
Version 18.1 of SQL Developer is now available. Go download that here. Most importantly, there are a TON of bug fixes in this release. Many of them reported on twitter, blog posts, and our forums. So thanks again for all that feedback. Today I want to talk about the first thing you’ll see, our new ‘Welcome Page.’ It used to …
Let’s talk about ‘Squiggles’ – What’s Wrong with Your SQL or PLSQL?
SQL Developer’s code editors try to help you out. They’ll show you two categories of informational advisories: there is a problem with this code we think we can help you with this code These are shown by various styles of underlined text in the editor. Let’s go through the list of what’s available as of version 18.1 – to be …
My SQL Developer Editor Setup, Look & Feel
I’ve been tweaking how my SQL Developer application looks and feels for a long time. Someone saw my desktop and wanted to know how to make theirs look like mine, hence this post. I realize beauty in in the eye of the beholder, but if you behold what I behold, then here’s how to get there. I recently came across …
Building An Object Search for SQLcl
The search feature in SQL Developer is whiz-bang. You’re using it, right? But what about at the command line? I’m guessing many of you just pluck away at ALL_ or DBA_OBJECTS. Some of you may have written some custom scripts. But, what if you burned that into SQLcl? You can of course do this with the ALIAS command. You can …
Filtering out the Noise from your Relational Diagrams
Let’s say you have a schema you want to reverse engineer and generate some docs. Lo and behold, the developers used foreign keys! But…there are so many of them, I can’t see the forest for the trees. So how do we make this simpler? Well, our developer for the Data Modeler showed me this trick: In his words: when use …
AUTO vs ‘Bespoke’ REST Services
The Automatic REST features in ORDS are very handy for getting started quickly with providing REST APIs to your data and stored procedures. Give me the data for an employee. Easy. REST enable the schema. REST enable the table. DO a GET on /ords/schema/table/id. But…I don’t want a ‘null’ in my JSON collection for value pair “commission_pct.” What’s an Oracle …