So two areas of major performance improvements in Oracle SQL Developer version 18.2: Importing from Excel Using the Query Builder Importing from CSV was generally always pretty fast. Working with Excel consumes a lot of memory, and it took a lot of time to load an Excel file to be imported. Well, it still uses a lot of memory – an Excel file is basically a zipped set of XML files, and this will always…
I say ‘our’ because I’m doing this with Scott Spendolini, an Oracle ACE Director in the APEX community. We wanted a podcast of interest to Oracle Database developers. We like each other. We have great stories. Bad/good things happen when we get together. So, we came up with this… We want to post on a regular basis, as fast as we can record and Scott can produce them. We’ll be talking about news events in…
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 read vs watch/listen – I have these two posts: Import from Excel to a New…
You might have heard we now have a new SQL Developer in the family: SQL Developer Web. If that’s news to you, here’s a quick video recap: Hopefully you noticed that one of the main features of SQL Developer Web (and SQL Developer Desktop!) is data modeling. We were thinking: wouldn’t it be nice if could pull up a diagram you built in SQL Developer Web into the Desktop copy of SQL Developer or SQL…
We have a LOT of application preferences. And users have a funny habit of asking us to add MORE to every release. So, it’s great that we make it very easy to customize their SQL Developer experience via a few clicks and toggles. But, it’s kind of hard to find the RIGHT switch when you want to go change something. Well, a few releases ago – Bad Jeff for not talking about this sooner!! -…
You can download it here. With this VirtualBox Appliance, you can spin up a virtual machine that already has Oracle Database, Application Express, REST Data Services, SQL Developer, SQLcl, and more…all running for you, automatically. The APEX team has also given you a TON of new APEX 18.1 focused labs. Including one for using REST Enabled SQL from ORDS. How to launch SQL Developer In the terminal/console, run ‘sqldeveloper’ That’ll launch 18.1 for you. Create…
This year the KScope conference is in sunny Orlando, Florida. Do you live in the area? Do you work with Oracle technology? Then I’d like to invite you to come hang out with us for a very special week. On Sunday, we have 6 dedicated hours to talk about all things Oracle Database, in a series of lightning talks. In 15 minutes or less, we are tasked to entertain and educate you on various Oracle…
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, you get to see me think in real time as I cocktail-napkin-style ‘design’ my table.…
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 will also prove to my kids that I AM A REAL YOUTUBER. Well, probably not.…
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 a quick demo, I made you a video 🙂
