You can save query results or any other grid in SQL Developer as a PDF. You don’t get much in terms of saying how the generated PDF should look – Said PDF file: But I have some important info in here, and it should look a bit nicer. Save Your Query As A Report And then format your report, using the PDF properties. You can set a customer header and footer, define the fonts to…
As we get nearer to releasing our next update for Oracle SQL Developer, there are a few FAQ’s I’d like to answer. When IS version 4.1 going to be available? Soon. Right NOW, actually. Will there be a Windows download available that includes a JDK? Not today, but there will be a 64-bit bundle available soon. Why are you making us run Java 8? Because Java 6 and 7 are old, and Java 8 is…
How to add common columns to your tables or entities and/or tables in SQL Developer Data Modeler.
Is there a way for SQL Developer to generate a DROP statement when exporting the DDL for a table? Yes. The drop preference will be applied when generating the DDL for scripting purposes, but not for the table editor. So to get the table CREATE DDL script with a DROP TABLE command, right-click on your table, and send the ‘Quick DDL’ to a worksheet, clipboard, or file. There’s also a ‘Cascade Drops’ preference, which is…
In honor of today’s holiday, a hat tip to our Irish friends! Spot the places I’ve configured SQL Developer to show green I can spot 7 different spots in the above screenshot where I have configured SQL Developer or manipulated the output to show the color green.
You may wish to store your PL/SQL code in files with file extensions other than our defaults. We ship with .klr, .pkb, .pkh, .pks, .plb, .pls as associated file types for our PL/SQL editor and for opening said files on your machine with SQL Developer. But maybe at XYZ Incorporated, you keep your package bodies in files of type .bdy Are you stuck using our SQL Worksheet for doing serious PL/SQL work? No! Just setup…
Our team pushed a TON of updates – fixes and new features – this afternoon. SQL Developer 4.1 EA2 SQL Developer Data Modeler 4.1 EA2 Oracle REST Data Services EA2 SQLcl updated 3/9/2015 (it’s listed after the SQL Developer downloads) What time is it? I have much, much, much more to say on these products and updates. But for now, go download, and provide feedback to the Community forums. Java 8 SQL Developer 4.1 has…
I’ve taken a TON of screenshots of both SQL Developer products to demonstrate features. I was playing around with Flickr to see if there was a better way to re-purpose this content other places. Here’s what that COULD look like. I have a few hundred more to add to this photo album. This is just a test 🙂 If I find this portable, we can add it other, more official places.
Yesterday I made my first presentation ever at the annual Hotsos conference. The topic: “All of the Performance Tuning Features in SQL Developer.” It went pretty well, and I’d like to share those slides now with y’all: Tuning & Diagnostics Features in Oracle SQL Developer from Jeff Smith Easier to Read Autotrace Execution Plans Apparently I said ‘explain plan’ too many times in the session…EXECUTION Plans can be quite big. And the problematic bits generally…
Everyone likes pictures. I would never create a report that didn’t have at least one chart in it. You just can’t risk busy people glancing at your reports and not coming away with the key information you’re trying to impart. We have lots of chart types in SQL Developer – 50+ in version 4.0. But we also have gauges, and I’ve talked about them before. But what about dials? So we can graph numbers, but…