We’ve just released version 17.3 of Oracle REST Data Services – as an Early Adopter (BETA). Go Download ORDS 17.3 Now. There are 2 major new features, and this post is about one of those: Swagger/OpenAPI style JSON for /metadata_catalog/ calls. Wait, why should I care about REST? The Movie Screenshots for Those that Can’t do YouTube at Work It’s fairly simple. Navigate to the /metadata-catalog/ URI for your RESTful Service. Then copy this {…JSON…}…
You have a schema. Someone else built it. You’ve just inherited it. Now you need to build an application around it. But, tell me more about this schema? No docs? That’s OK, you can build your own! 1. Connect to Your Database, Open a ‘Driving’ Table By driving, I mean one that’s likely to be at the ‘center’ of your business logic. An employees or sales table for example. Now, once it’s open, click on…
Think building REST Services for Oracle Database is hard? Tooling around SQL Developer, browsing data, and thought to yourself, that would make a great Web Service? Now, you can quickly publish the query behind a grid to a new or existing ORDS Module. Just right-click! (well wait a second, you need ORDS installed and configured for your database. And the user/schema should be REST enabled too.) Which brings up this dialog… …add it an existing…
Apparently SQL Developer doesn’t look super awesome on some Windows high-resolution displays (Macs are apparently A-OK!) 4 and 5k monitors. But that’s OK – it’s fixed in Java 9, and that appears to work just fine with SQL Developer v17.2. But another question came up – how can I make SQL Developer look…different? There isn't an overall theme for all the parts of the app? I really want everything changed (connections and reports).— PIONTΞKDD (@piontekdd)…
Customer asks: We tried also to apply some naming conventions but I think we didn’t understand something…. Having a logical model with a table having the column X, and a glossary having the standard name as Y. Can I apply some checks based on the glossary directly in the logical or relational model? Yes, in fact you can. Basically how it will work is: You will define a glossary, having words you approve for your…
Having an extra bit bucket in your tables is pretty easy now in Oracle Database 12c and higher. We offer native JSON support [JSON DOCS] – you can have a free form text column and store anything you want in it. AND, we pretty much give you the full power of the SQL interface to those bit bucket items – pretty neat I think. I’m still big fan of the relational paradigm, and I think…
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 NOT talk about the EXPORT feature – because then it would be a 30 minute…
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 figure out all the ‘cool’ stuff I DO have the time Here’s the cool stuff…
How to use the AutoPLSQL feature in Oracle REST Data Services to call your PL/SQL packages via HTTP POST requests. It’s RPC, for your Oracle Database programs!
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 Service to run your PLSQL, and in many cases, you’ll continue to want to do…
