15 minutes overview of how to use these features in Oracle SQL Developer: Get an Explain Plan Customize the display of the plan Get a cached plan Use DBMS_XPLAN Compare Plans Use Real Time SQL Monitoring Use AutoTrace. And if you want an awesome video, MUCH more in depth about how to read a plan, then I suggest this from …
VIDEO: Importing from Excel Table
It’s a bit long at 17 minutes, but I go through the process of: creating a new table based on an Excel/CSV defining the columns checking the column names checking the column definintions is the column wide enough? defining DATEs running the export fixing errors saving the scenario so you can run it on demand Remember, if you prefer to …
Demonstrating Oracle SQL Developer Web: CREATE & ALTER TABLE
In two previous posts, I have: Introduced Oracle SQL Developer Web and did a quick demo of the Worksheet Demonstrated the data modeler diagramming feature. Today, I want to show you our CREATE and EDIT TABLE dialogs. While I aim for 10 minute videos, I had to go into overtime, and came out at 13 minutes. But as a bonus, …
Demonstrating Oracle SQL Developer Web: the Data Modeler
In this 10 minute video, you get: super quick recap of the Worksheet building a new diagram moving stuff around, changing the colors generating DDL generating a data dictionary report saving and searching diagrams This was my 50th post on YouTube. If you like what you see, be sure to subscribe there so you don’t miss any updates. Your subscriptions …
Announcing Oracle SQL Developer Web!
We are now live in the Oracle Cloud with Oracle SQL Developer Web. Wait, what’s SQL Developer Web? It’s a browser based version of Oracle SQL Developer powered by Oracle REST Data Services. If you are a Database Cloud Service customer in the Oracle Cloud, it’s rolling out now to those subscribers. If you’d like to know more and see …
Video: A Tour of the SQL Developer Desktop
In this 10 minute video I’ll show you: how to open a panel how to move a panel how to reset your desktop if something gets ‘borked’ how to create new desktop tab groups (for docking things) AND how to ‘float’ your doc or panel to a secondary monitor Welcome 2018! Please be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel …
Learning Oracle SQL Developer: The Video Hits
I’ve got short videos for you, 2-10 minutes. I’ve got 20 minute videos. And I’ve got monster, hour long videos. 24 in total, covering everything from how to use the PL/SQL debugger, to building REST Services, to just writing better SELECT * queries. Send me your requests, always happy to build more. I just wish I had a voice made …
Video! Using the Keyboard Shortcuts in Oracle SQLcl
Developers hate using a mouse. Sticking with the keyboard reminds everyone we bled all over our keyboards 20 years ago in VT100 terminals. So we built a modern command line interface for Oracle Database and released it last year, in 2016. And knowing you already know and love the keyboard, we made sure you could do what you needed to …
Everything You Need to Know about the Data Grids
Here’s a 15 minute video showing you everything you need to know about using the data grids in Oracle SQL Developer. Basically: settings fonts and look & feel column sizing column(s) sorts client side filtering copy & paste tricks single record view complex data type support – Spatial & BLOBs dates & timestamps inserting multiple rows via PASTE I do …
SQL Developer: You’re Doing it Wrong [VIDEO]
We tried 15 minute talks at a conference last week, and I think they came out OK. I figured for the folks who weren’t able to come out to the conference, maybe you’d like to see the talk? So here it is. The basic gist of the talk: SQL Dev is a BIG, DEEP tool You don’t have time to …