Missed out on KScope17 this week, or were there, but missed out on my talks? Have no fear – you can now catch up on the 3 Oracle SQL Developer features that you should be using, but probably aren’t. I tried my best not to get preachy in this talk, but I must admit it’s still a bit preachy. Oracle …
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 …
Generating a Data Dictionary Report and Diagram for a SubView
Your relational models can get big. Bigger than the human mind can easily consume. So instead of generating a report of 2,500 objects, you might want to break down your model to smaller chunks, AKA SubViews. So let’s open the reports, which you’ll find on the main File menu. First, we don’t want the main diagram in the report, that’ll …
PL/Scope in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 and Oracle SQL Developer
PL/Scope is one of my favorite features. It answers SO many questions. Where am I declaring this, where am I calling that, when am I referencing something? And, I can get this information automatically, without hitting the big, fat SOURCE data dictionary views. I’ve talked about this previously… …BUT, PL/SCope didn’t help me with tracking the SQL I used in …
Viewing Automatic SQL Tuning Advisor Tasks in Oracle SQL Developer
I got a question from our internal mailing list… I would like to know how I can view historical SQL tuning recommendations in SQL Developer 4. I don’t want to run the sql worksheet manually but view the automatic recommendations as the query has been running already for several days now. I’m guessing their query hasn’t been running for several …
Charting Values over Time in a SQL Developer Report
Today’s post is courtesy of this question from a reader: Can the SQLDeveloper Report/Chart feature create a line chart where x contains date/time and y the values to be plotted? The answer is ‘Yes!’ I’m going to use HR.EMPLOYEES to give me my data. I start with… SELECT Hire_date, Salary FROM Hr.Employees ORDER BY Salary ASC FETCH FIRST 20 ROWS …
2 Reports You Might Enjoy in Oracle SQL Developer
I keep telling people our reporting functionality is probably the most powerful AND overlooked feature in SQL Developer. Today I’m going to share 2 reports that I frequently forget about, that you may enjoy. Finding Unindexed Foreign Keys We all know this should not happen. We all know it eventually happens. Here’s a report to help you quickly find these …
Advice on Finding Your Way Around a New Oracle Database
Received this query from a customer this morning… For your information, I’m average in SQL. What I would really like to know is if you can give me some tips regarding the use of Oracle SQL Developer in relation to a completely new database. So, are there functions/tools in Oracle SQL Developer which can help me better understand a new …
Getting Your Plans via SQL_ID
@thatjeffsmith hi Jeff, is it possible to see execution plan just by passing sql_id somehow,i dont think so as it just show running sql plan — Mayank (@mayankeurope) February 15, 2016 So of course you can just run a query in the worksheet to get this. But, you need to know a few things. So why not make it easy …
Using Reports to Print CLOBs
A co-worker asked me for some advice on building a report to view some CLOBs. CLOBs are fun. They let you store an unlimited (basically) amount of text. They’re not as flexible as VARCHAR2s, but they do come in handy. Viewing them in a report can get interesting though. The question came down to seeing a report like this – …