If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, how valuable is a 6 minute video? Instead of throwing up a bunch of bullet points and screenshots on the blog, I’m going to let you watch the movie instead. In just a few minutes, learn how to maximize your SQL Developer experience by Navigating the connection [...]
PL/SQL
JAVADOC for the Oracle Database a la DBDOC
Javadoc is a tool for generating API documentation in HTML format from doc comments in source code. Wouldn’t it be nice if a similar tool existed for PLSQL? Well you’re in luck because someone already made that available via an open-source utility known as pldoc. Automatically document your database schema with SQL Developer using the [...]
Using Pass Counts to Turbo Charge Your PL/SQL Breakpoints
Debugging PLSQL is one of the primary features of Oracle SQL Developer. Yes, its the IDE for the database, but PLSQL is the database’s programming language. It really, really needs to support all things PLSQL. Programming languages need modern day amenities if they are to be adopted by mainstream developers. One of those amenities is [...]
Viewing PLSQL Compilation Errors in Oracle SQL Developer
A question that comes up fairly frequently revolves around how to see your errors when working with PL/SQL in SQL Developer. Most folks are probably working in the worksheet – this is the default editor for your connection. Let’s take a look at this sample program If we were to create this procedure, we would [...]
SQL Developer Tip: Viewing REFCURSOR Output
If you work with PL/SQL, then this feature might be the #1 reason I recommend you immediately upgrade to at least version 3.0 of Oracle SQL Developer – SQL Developer now automatically renders SYS.REFCURSOR output from your PL/SQL calls. Prior to version 3.0, you needed to use the SQL*PLUS PRINT command to view the refcursor [...]
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