Oh, I so DO love hearing about things that ‘we cannot do.’ This morning I read that in an article that Oracle doesn’t allow you to copy data from Excel and paste directly to a table. AHEM. In the video you see me selecting the cells in the Oracle table editor before pasting the new […]
Viewing Complex Types in Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler
Instead of having a column of type VARCHAR2 for a ‘Country,’ you might want to create an COUNTRIES type. Said COUNTRY would have an ID, NAME, and LOCATION. To make things even more fun, LOCATION would also be a custom type of LOCATIONS, having even more attributes/columns. To model these from scratch, you would build […]
3 More Oracle SQL Developer Bloggers
I’m on vacation this week – so in order to keep you folks entertained, I thought I would spotlight a few of our developers who also blog. Kris Rice Kris is one of the two original developers of SQL Developer. He’s also my boss, but don’t blame him for me. Lately, he’s been into all […]
Clearing the Script Output Buffer in Oracle SQL Developer
Quick Question: Is there a way in SQL Developer to have the DBMS Output window clear when you execute a block? Quick Answer: CLEAR SCREEN [Oracle Docs] SQL Developer supports many, and soon to be ALL, SQL*Plus commands. CLEAR is one of them. So just add this to the top of your script. When you […]
How to Generate Schema DDL Scripts with One File Per Table using SQL Developer
A VERY specific request this morning: I want to generate scripts for all the tables available in schema. I want to generate separate scripts for each table available in schema and each script must contains it’s dependent objects like indexes for that table or if triggers are available the this must include in the script. […]
My Favorite SQL Developer Data Modeler Features
I’m doing a talk on this very subject next week at ODTUG’s KScope14 conference, and I’ll put up the slides on Slideshare after the show, but I wanted to give a quick shout-out to the things you COULD Be using today to get the most out of your models and design experience. Search SubViews Reports […]
Configuring Memory Usage in Oracle SQL Developer
Sometimes you need more memory. Here’s an example: you want to model a database that has 1500 tables in it. What would that even look like? If you zoom out far enough… Now, ‘large’ is a subjective term. But lets put it this way – if you’re dealing with more than several hundred tables or […]
Managing Scripts in Oracle SQL Developer
You backup your databases, right? You backup you home computer – your media collection, tax documents, bank accounts, etc, right? You backup your handy-dandy SQL scripts, right? Ok, now that I’ve got your head nodding, I want to answer a question I get every so often: How can I manage my scripts in SQL Developer? […]
Oracle SQL Developer: Single Object Compare
There’s a nasty rumor going around that you can’t compare database objects and/or code in Oracle SQL Developer. So let’s put that to bed right now. First, here’s how to compare: PL/SQL to PL/SQL or a SQL statement to another SQL statement So now that that’s settled, why don’t we take a look at how […]
On SQL Developer and TNSNAMES.ORA
Tnsnames.ora [DOCS] is a configuration file for SQL*Net that describes the network service names for the databases in your organization. Basically, it tells Oracle applications how to find your databases. This post is just a quick overview on how to get SQL Developer to ‘see’ this file and define a connection. There’s only a single […]
Oracle SQL Developer is for Oracle Database
What is Oracle SQL Developer? Well, according to this document on OTN… What is SQL Developer? Date: May 2014 Oracle SQL Developer is the Oracle Database IDE. A free graphical user interface, Oracle SQL Developer allows database users and administrators to do their database tasks in fewer clicks and keystrokes. A productivity tool, SQL Developer’s […]
Oracle SQL Developer: Fetching SQL Statement Result Sets
Running queries, browsing tables – you are often faced with many thousands, if not millions, of rows. Most people are happy with looking at the first few rows. But occasionally you need to see more. SQL Developer doesn’t show you all records, all at once. Instead, it brings the records down in ‘chunks,’ or as-needed. […]
Migrating Oracle SQL Developer Connections (with Passwords!)
So you just got your brand new machine at work. Party time, excellent*! Amazon.com Widgets And, your friendly neighborhood IT guy even moved over all of your softwares, including SQL Developer. But when you go to use it, none of your connections are there. Or maybe the connections are there, but the connection passwords ARE […]
Exporting Multiple BLOBs with Oracle SQL Developer
BLOBs are cool. Optimized such that you can store files basically in the database, with the power of SQL AND no performance hit. That sounds like a pretty good deal. I get asked questions a lot about accessing BLOBs once they’re in the database. And that’s led to quite a few posts here on the […]
Oracle SQL Developer Reporting 101
150 of my closest friends, or some random people on the Internet, joined me today while we talked all about SQL Developer’s reporting feature. Did you miss it? If so, I’m guessing you’re not a member of ODTUG. They put on free webcasts for everyone in the Oracle technology space. If you’re a member, you […]
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