The most read post on this site? ‘How to Import from Excel to Oracle with SQL Developer‘ – and it has been since I published it almost 3 years ago. People really like Excel. Or I should put it this way – Excel is the way information is shared in an organization. It makes no matter how much money was …
Importing Your Data Dictionary to a new Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Design
I’ve shown how to drag and drop database tables from Oracle SQL Developer into a design. But I’ve never done a start-to-finish, blow-by-blow post on how to import your existing database objects into a data model with SQL Developer. So let’s do that now. Warning: Lots of pictures coming up. Want to import from SQL Server (or DB2) instead? Check …
Data Modeling via Excel?
In SQL Developer if you use the Import Data feature from the main tree node, it will create a new table based on a delimited text or Excel file. We’ll look at the data and create some columns for you. In version 4.1, we’ll recognize numbers as numbers, dates as dates, and try to get a best guess for you …
30 SQL Developer Posts in 30 Days, Day 25: Importing Partitioned Tables to a Data Model
We get lots of questions around how to model specific partitioning schemes in Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler, and we do support all of the different ways to part and subpart your data – but today I want to show you: Where to see the partitions in the model How to bring in everything BUT the partitions Where are my …
Copy & Paste Imports from Excel to Oracle using SQL Developer
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 ones in, but you don’t …
Importing Multiple Schemas to a Model in Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler
Your physical data model might stretch across multiple Oracle schemas. Or maybe you just want a single diagram containing tables, views, etc. spanning more than a single user in the database. The process for importing a data dictionary is the same, regardless if you want to suck in objects from one schema, or many schemas. Let’s take a quick look …
Using Oracle SQL Developer to Setup SQL*Loader Runs
I’ve done a couple of posts on how to use SQL Developer to load your Excel files to an Oracle table. However, I always wonder how many folks realize there may be a ‘better way.’ If you are loading data to Oracle on a regular basis, there’s a few things I want you to know about: SQL*Loader Data Pump External …
How to Import from Excel to a New Oracle Table with SQL Developer
In a previous post, How to Import from Excel to Oracle with SQL Developer, I covered step-by-step how to import data from Excel to an existing Oracle table. This post shows how to take a spreadsheet and transform it into a new table in your Oracle database. But first, please permit me just a few seconds as I step up …