A customer ‘ambushed me’ – how dare they!?! – at the conference today, needing help getting their scripts to work. So something like this: And the way the customer wants to run scripta.sql (which calls scriptb.sql) So, where is SQL Developer going to look for scriptA? And when it gets to the @child\scriptb.sql? We can call scripts.sql using @c:\users\jdsmith\desktop\parent\scriptA.sql But, we’re going to have a problem. So, you have 2 options. First, you COULD tell…
I’m in Denver today, to present one of my favorite talks, SQL Developer Tips & Tricks. Since I know most of you won’t be here today, I thought I’d share 3, super-quick tips. I get asked ‘how to do this’ type stuff, all the time. Copying Column Headers with your Data Ctrl+Shift+C Showing Line Numbers Right-click in the gutter, turn it on. It’ll remember this going forward. You’ll need to do it for the…
You can now file bugs, sorry – submit Issues, for me on GitHub 🙂 What We’re Doing The intent is to build a nice library of How-To’s for ORDS. I’ve started with a section on PARAMETERS. ords-demo-parameters Build scripts to demonstrate working with parameters in your Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) RESTful Services. This will demonstrate how to: Read a value in your GET handler SQL block from the request header Return a value via…
What are people Googling out there, when it comes to SQL Developer? Well, Google predictive text makes that kinda easy to find out. I’m going to address these questions, but we need to address the biggest problem – without context of the actual question, I have to assume or guess what the ACTUAL question is. But, I will go for the most likely scenarios. If I got it close, but missed, feel free to dig…
So you’ve installed ORDS, you’ve REST enabled a schema, and you’ve started publishing some RESTful Services. Now, how do we go about seeing what’s what? If you’re using ORDS to build ORDS REST APIs with Database Actions, AKA SQL Developer Web, simply navigate to the REST page under development. There you can find a modules page, and select your REST Module. Browsing ORDS REST Module Templates… You could search using SQL Developer Desktop’s Find DB…
When executing scripts in SQL Developer, the amount of output we display on the screen is LIMITED. By design, we only show you 5,000 records from any query, and we limit the amount of output in total for a single script execution to 10,010 rows. This is controlled here: I know what you’re thinking… Why? A few reasons, but practicality is what it boils down to. Displaying 3M rows of script output in a GUI…
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 if you want to keep up to date on the latest video tips and tricks.…
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 the number or shape of packages left for you? Have a SPEC but No Body?…
Mixing things up today with a quick Q&A with the guy that that generates most of the Google results to your pressing Oracle ‘how do I…?’ questions. Tim isn’t just a walking website, he’s also a great communicator. If you haven’t had a chance to see him speak at an Oracle conference, it’s probably because you don’t go to Oracle conferences – he gets around! Make sure you follow him on Twitter, subscribe to his…
In SQL Developer you can configure how you want things to work for your session. How DATES should appear. If numbers should use a ‘.’ or a ‘,’ to indicate group separators and decimal points. We try to guess these things based on your local machine settings, but you can of course override them. But let’s see what happens when you DO set something. I’m going to change a whole bunch of stuff, stuff that’s…
