So you’re minding your own business, doing your work, and you click in your favorite Oracle Database IDE. Do you get what you asked for? No! Instead, you are rewarded for your troubles with this puzzling and frustrating message. Abort? Try again? Busy? The Long Answer When you connect to a database in SQL Developer [...]
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A Few Thoughts Regarding Oracle Open World 2013
Another busy, crazy, awesome week is behind us. I’m going to call it a success, but before I completely file it away, I wanted to share a few quick thoughts, and say thanks to a few people for their continued support. Sunday SQL Developer Golden Gate Fun Run We had about 20 people show up [...]
SQL Developer 4 and the Oracle Diagnostics Pack
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition customers have the option of extending their functionality set via various optional ‘packs.’ One of the most popular packs is the Oracle Diagnostics Pack. Funny, most people call it the ‘Diagnostic’ Pack, but it’s technically known as the Diagnostics Pack. Anyways, the pack includes a LOT of features. You can see [...]
How to Log Service Requests (SRs) for Oracle SQL Developer on My Oracle Support (MOS)
Someone told me today that they can’t log a support request with my Oracle Support for SQL Developer. To which I replied with, ‘Oh yes you can.” To which they replied with, ‘But I do not see it in the dropdown of my products.” To which I replied with, ‘Oh, that…’ But seriously, Yes, You [...]
Oracle SQL Developer v4EA2 Is Now Available
EA1 dropped in July. Now here we are a little more than a week before Oracle Open World and we are making Early Adopter 2 of Oracle SQL Developer version 4 available for you to download and provide feedback. There’s two big things you need to know about: About 500 bug fixes Support for ADDM/AWR/ASH [...]
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Oracle SQL Developer
You think you know Oracle SQL Developer. And you probably know it better than the average user, especially if you’re a subscriber to this blog But I’m betting there’s a few key things you’ve overlooked. We’re going to fix that today! Skip Ahead to the Slideshare Version 10. We’re not the new kids on the [...]
Oracle SQL Developer 4: A Tweak With Table Filter Recall
In previous versions of Oracle SQL Developer, if you start typing in the Data tab’s filter dialog on a Table Editor, SQL Developer would make suggestions for you. A few folks have asked that we not be so aggressive with the ‘help’ here. And I wholeheartedly agree. So in version 4… If You Want Help, [...]
New and Improved Create Table Dialogs in Oracle SQL Developer 4
You may not spend a lot of time creating tables in your database, but if you are performing that task, you don’t want your tool to slow you down. And while many of you may design your tables in a modeling solution or even code them by hand in a worksheet, there are still some [...]
Increased Flexibility for Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Diagrams in v4
I recently talked about how you could tell the modeler to use custom classification types for your tables. But, I forgot to tell you where you could find these settings in version 4! Surprise – we moved them. Excellent… Sometimes I think developers change stuff because they’re bored or maybe even because they don’t realize [...]
Resetting the Oracle SQL Developer Desktop in v4.0
Can’t get your SQL History or Snippets panel to open? Before version 4.0, we would frequently advise users to close SQL Developer, go into their user settings folder and delete the’windowinglayout.xml’ file and then restart SQL Developer. This would force SQL Developer to re-create the desktop view and bring everything back to the defaults. That’s [...]
More on Classification Types in Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler v4
We recently covered how to set the classification type of multiple tables in a data model, but today I want to show how to make these easier to identify in your model. I’m also going to show you how to set multiple classification types for a single table – a new feature in v4 of [...]
Oracle SQL Developer 4 Quick Hit: Search and Replace
The new editor framework provides a more interactive and rich experience when replacing text. It’s a very simple improvement, but one that I think will make you feel ‘better.’ I know that’s a subjective measurement, but I’m sticking with it. And something I talked about earlier, double-clicking on a ‘word’ in the editor will auto-find [...]
Clickable Error Messages in Oracle SQL Developer v4
So you’ve got your monster script you’re running in SQL Developer and you run into some errors. Wish it were easier to jump to the line where said errors are being reported? Well in Oracle SQL Developer v4, your wish is our command. Just Click on the Highlighted Blue Error Text in the Output Panel [...]
How to Model an IOT in Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler
Someone asked me how to model a table as an IOT in Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler. But before I answer that question, we shoudld spend at least a second on just what an IOT is. It’s an ‘Index Organized Table.’ The storage is organized by the index, versus say the default behavior of a [...]
Defining Redaction Policies for Oracle Database 12c Data Models in Oracle SQL Developer
Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler version 4 was released as an Early Adopter just last week. You can go download it here and read about the new features here. A snippet of those new feature release notes… Masking Mask templates can be defined and used in definition of columns with sensitive information. Support for REDACTION [...]
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