I’ve talked about the Cart a few times. It’s interesting to describe what the Cart is for, because it can be used or so many different things. But in general, it allows you do perform a set of operations against a collection of database objects. In this case I’m going to show you how to export several views and tables …
How Do I Get My Charts Out of a Report?
Someone asked, I have this cool report, how do I get the chart out of it? For now I’ve been taking screenshots. So let’s look at how you can get your Report out to HTML (and a PNG.) When I say HTML, I mean you have a SQL Dev report that’s generated by SQL Developer itself. I am NOT talking …
How to Save a Package and Package Body to a .SQL File
Got this question: Hello @thatjeffsmith ! How I save packege body and packege spec in same archive? #SqlDeveloper — Felipe Pereira (@FelipeR_Pereira) April 27, 2017 Answer: YES. Then set your file type. Now to confirm I’m really getting what I want. SQL Developer will automatically open the file after it’s created.
Quick Tip: Global Where Clause for Database Exports
Want to export a ton of tables, but only get SOME of the records? Want to apply a GLOBAL filter across the tables to only get the records you want? Tools > Database Export. I’m going to export data, NOT DDL. I’m going to write it to a single JSON file. I’m going to grab data from a couple of …
10 Seconds to Save You Many Minutes – Default Export Options
As much as I like the Export Comments, or hints… SELECT /*insert*/ * FROM hr.employees or the less intrusive SET SQLFORMAT insert… sometimes you just NEED to use the Export feature tied to a grid. Did you know you can pre-select the defaults? For example, if 9x out of 10, you send the output directly to the Worksheet, and if …
Shopping for CSV with SQL Developer’s Cart
A friend of mine asked how he could generate CSV for 40 Oracle tables in Oracle SQL Developer. He could of course use Tools > Database Export to accomplish this. But, it was always the same 40 tables. And using the object picker in the wizard can get tedious, especially if it’s the same 40 tables every day/week/month/epoch. So, I …
Configuring Your Generated DDL in SQL Developer and SQLcl
You want the create script for a table. You want the create script for ALL of your tables. You want the tablespace. But not the constraints. How do you configure this in our tools? SQL Developer: The Preferences & the Wizards Go to the preferences. Database, utilities, export. SQLcl: SET DDL HELP SET DDL SET DDL And now run the …
Exporting Multiple Tables to Multiple Excel Spreadsheets
We love getting enhancement requests from our users. A good deal of the development in SQL Developer is guided by what our users are asking for. It does pain me a bit though when someone asks for a feature what we already have. Example: We frequently have a requirement to export working data (especially for data modeling purposes) to spreadsheets. …
Exporting a PL/SQL Package Just the Way Monty Likes in SQL Developer
Got a quick question from my favorite President today. So basically, Monty was asking how to get a PL/SQL Package Spec & Body to: a single file with a SET DEFINE OFF with the schema prefix in the CREATE or REPLACE Now, there’s more than one way to get one or more objects in the database out to a file. …
30 SQL Developer Tips in 30 Days, Day 8: Use the Cart to Build Deployment Scripts
Let’s say you have some objects you need to quickly create somewhere else. And you want to it such that it can be scripted/scheduled. I am using the Cart right now to build out a demo environment for folks that want to show off some SQL Developer features. For instance, I’m building a ‘shopping list’ to cover things such as: …
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