It’s all in the wrist, literally. You need to know where to start and where to finish. And you need to click ‘just’ right. Watch the animation and see what I’m talking about. So a few KEY things 🙂 Start with the ‘parent’ Click on the table and ‘let go’ Now go and click on your other table Confirm your properties and hit OK You now have your key! The column in the source object…
Got a quick question from my favorite President today. So basically, Monty was asking how to get a PL/SQL Package Spec & Body to: a single file with a SET DEFINE OFF with the schema prefix in the CREATE or REPLACE Now, there’s more than one way to get one or more objects in the database out to a file. For just PL/SQL stuff, you have this on a right-click: Now, you can use the…
We’ve had another great year. Multiple product updates, 127 posts, and LOTS of questions asked and answered. Since it’s that time of year, here’s your, ‘lazy writer, popular posts’ update 🙂 Based on overall site traffic in 2014, your favorite posts from this year are: 10. Introducing the Oracle Database 12c VirtualBox OTN Image One of our most valuable resources, a free VirtualBox image providing an Oracle 12.1.0.2 Multitenant Database – plus SQL Developer, Oracle…
There are a lot of ‘Top Beers’ lists out there, but none of them are written by me. Here are the beers that I discovered, Columbus-style, and loved in 2014. Data via Untappd. In no particular order… Stone’s Coffee Milk Stout I rated this beer higher than the avg Untappd user, but I’m smarter than average. Great Lakes Blackout Stout People have been going crazy for their Christmas Ale, but I think this is better.…
SDSQL was our first name for SQLcl. This Early Adopter preview release went to to become production ready, and used by customers for 6 years and counting! Go here to catch up on what we’ve done with SQLcl since 2014. Instead of talking about or teasing some of the cool new features of SDSQL… Wait, what is SDSQL? …I thought I would start with the basics. Like: How to install it (on Windows)How to connect…
The most read post on this site? ‘How to Import from Excel to Oracle with SQL Developer’ – and it has been since I published it almost 3 years ago. People really like Excel. Or I should put it this way – Excel is the way information is shared in an organization. It makes no matter how much money was invested in BI, reporting, and databases – at the end of the day, it’s going…
Oracle SQL Developer is a graphical user interface and integrated development environment for Oracle Database. As you can imagine, a few clicks can results in an awful lot of queries being executed on your behalf. If you don’t like this fact, you can always use a command-line interface like SQL*Plus or the new sdsql. The only thing that runs there is what you explicitly type..mostly. Anyways, in version 4.1, you can now see all of…
Updated December 1, 2020 – after some reports from folks having issues on Big Sur, I added some additional details around troubleshooting. I have ran into a few issues getting SQL Developer version X.Y.Z on my Mac Mini, and I’ve seen a few questions online today now that Big Sur is available. This usually happens as folks get new hardware or as updates are applied to their machines…something quits working. It usually boils down to…
Go get it. Then come back here and read a couple of things. it REQUIRES Java 8 it’s not production ready – send feedback to the Forum not to Support Two new features to help you get started. SQL Formatting in the Worksheet Like the /csv/ formatting ‘hints’ you can add to your statements? Well now, you can just toggle that output mode for an entire session. You ‘unset’ the formatting by using the ‘set…
We have a new version of SQL Developer Data Modeler for you to check out – version 4.1. It’s an ‘EA’ – or early adopter. So, no official support – all feedback should be provided via the OTN Forum/Community. It requires Java 8. If you see a message about not supporting Java 8 – ignore that and just click ‘OK.’ You can read all about it and download it here. I’ll be blogging about the…
