A question from the innerwebs – Hello, please, is it possible to define and save a (sub)set of objects for comparison? In Databasediff wizard we have an option to define objects, but it’s a bit cumbersome to do the same thing over and over again, so it would be highly useful to save options and selected items for comparison for …
More on Working with PL/SQL Packages – Ordering their Contents
Normally when someone asks me about ordering packages, I check the doorstop for our daily Amazon delivery. Ok, it just seems that way, and I’m lucky that my awesome wife/partner doesn’t read this blog… …but what we’re really here to talk about is finding stuff in your PL/SQL package. I think there are 2 types of folks: Those that code …
Oracle SQL Developer PL/SQL Packages Trick – Synchronize!
You know how every TV show has to have that Christmas themed episode? No? Well, in the US, it’s pretty common. And as a child of the 80’s television, my brain has been properly warped. So here is your Christmas themed SQL Developer ‘trick.’ Every look under the tree, and your first reaction is to be a little disappointed in …
More on ORDS 3.0.10 and Auto PLSQL – PACKAGES
We released a new version of ORDS this week, and I blogged about a new feature in that release – Auto PLSQL. In that post, I briefly mentioned packages, but I wanted to take a quick moment to show that ‘live.’ So assuming you have HR installed somewhere and HR is REST enabled, let’s build this package. CREATE OR REPLACE …
Announcing ORDS 3.0.10 and a new feature – Auto PLSQL
New Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) drop today. Per usual, mostly bug fixes And per usual, sometimes we like to sneak in new features as well, and this release is no different. You can now have ORDS automatically create POST handlers for executing your PL/SQL. This is a LOW CODE solution. You could of course ALWAYS roll your own RESTful …
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.
PLSQL Code Editor Tricks – Preview Code Doc & Test Queries
Someone asked: @thatjeffsmith Great blog! Is there a way to display DB Doc in SQL Developer like in Java IDEs with Java doc while being in Code editor? — Sebastian Köll (@s_koell) December 1, 2016 And here’s the answer – Yes! First, let’s talk about PLDoc, and how it works in SQL Developer. All caught up? Great. Now let’s show …
PL/Scope Support
The PL/SQL team is always reminding me to talk about PL/Scope. And I got to the point where I needed to remind myself, so I added this slide in all of my PL/SQL themed talks. Yet, I have apparently forgotten to blog about it. Oops. [Docs] PL/Scope is a compiler-driven tool that collects data about identifiers in PL/SQL source code …
Debugging PL/SQL Collections Revisited
I talked about using the debugger to inspect a collection in PL/SQL using SQL Developer a few years ago. It’s been so long in fact that when Steven asked if I had a post on it, I said ‘no.’ We had gotten a question from a reader on how to look at collections while you’re debugging them. If you want …
Click vs Type…Again.
This might sound preachy, but it’s mostly not intentional, mostly. You might really enjoy the flexibility of the PL/SQL APIs the database provides for things like Resource management, the Scheduler, Data Pump. You might even have memorized the PL/SQL function/proc names and arguments required to create a job, or change up a resource. But do you really want to spend …