I don’t normally blog on a Sunday, but I’m confined to my bed/couch for the next few days, so I might as well answer another question! This from the YouTube: “Hi Jeff, Can you please share similar example where REST service is calling a package.procedure with IN and OUT parameters and we can pass IN parameters to get the result?” …
3 Tips for Working with PL/SQL
I’ll show you 3 cool tips and tricks for working with PL/SQL in SQL Developer…in under 7 minutes! In-code navigation – click into where your objects are declared Test Query – see if your SQL is gonna work BEFORE you compile it Using the Code Outline For those that can’t do video, basically you can Ctrl-Mouse-Hover Navigate ANYWHERE Not just …
How to Compare a Specific Subset of DB Objects
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 …