We already have some pretty Spartan toolbars. We aim for fewer buttons, not less. But maybe you want to go SUPER Spartan. Even fewer buttons! Yeah, you can do that. View > Show Toolbars > Customize Main Toolbar > Customize I’m going to take a few things off the main editor and data modeler toolbars. Now you’ll get a popup window. Simply grab the button you don’t want anymore, and drag it onto the popup.…
Tons of bug fixes, mostly. You can now ask for your working directory via the PWD command. Download is here. Scroll down to the bottom, link is on the right side.
Here’s a quick run-down of FAQ’s I get when doing presentations or demos. Can SQL Developer… Extend a tablespace? Yes. You can edit an existing data file or add a new one. We’ll also show you the SQL that’s going to be used so you can copy it to run in SQL*Plus or wherever. And if you wanna just do it in a SQL Worksheet, we can help you with the syntax there too. Debug…
INFORMATION is a new command available in SQLcl, a command-line interface to Oracle Database. 7556855076870f9f9cbae1_000000 It’s available for tables and views, of course. Here’s a table. Note that we show the primary key marked with a ‘*’ in the column list. 7556855076870f9f9cbae1_000001 And here’s a VIEW. 7556855076870f9f9cbae1_000002 You can get the statistics for a table instead of the column comments if you want. Use INFO+ for that. Let’s look at other things you can ‘INFO,’…
I answered this question on Quora yesterday: What are the best resources for learning Oracle Database? The biggest learning curve to learning Oracle Database, SQL, PL/SQL, and all the other cool technologies that come with our database, is figuring out how to download, install, and create a database FIRST. And then of course you’ll have to configure a connection in either our command-line interface (SQL*Plus or SQLcl), our GUI/IDE (SQL Developer), or one of our…
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 in your database. You could easily make this a custom report and have a child…
Best practice for code readability dictates that your keywords should always be in: insert your preferred style here __________. Here’s a Twitter poll I’m running if you want to personally weigh in: Do you agree? Best coding practices dictate uppercase identifiers? https://t.co/WhOZvL2Bmv— Jeff Smith ☜ (@thatjeffsmith) March 16, 2016 So even if we can’t all agree on what’s best, we can all agree that our tools should help us get the code we inherit or…
This trick’s title might actually be longer than the content – so guaranteed QUICK read! Question from a reader: is there a way to alphabetize the columns in the Single Record View? Quick Answer: No… Column order is usually something the application architect or data modeler deemed important, so we always show the column in the order in which they’re defined in the DDL. BUT, when browsing really wide tables, it can be hard to…
I just came from a DBA-dominated conference – Hotsos Symposium in Dallas, if you must know – and I came away with the impression that many a DBA out there is missing out on some key features and productivity-hacks in our dear ole IDE. I could give you 10 things, but I know DBAs are busy, so here are just 3: 1.)The Instance Viewer New since 2014 and version 4.1. Nothing to install in your…
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 database and it’s structure/tables/etc. I’m not looking for tips regarding creating a new database. I’m…
