I’m new to Oracle, and I need a database…help!
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I’m new to Oracle, and I need a database…help!

Taking an Oracle Database class or course? Need to get up and going on Oracle Database really fast, and really easily? Here’s my advice!

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REST APIs and TABLE INSERTs: the Definitive Guide for Oracle
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REST APIs and TABLE INSERTs: the Definitive Guide for Oracle

REST APIs and TABLE INSERTs, everything you need. Bonus: we’ll build a REST API to GET the data, with support for CLOB/JSON, links, and exception handling!

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SQL Developer

Quick Question: Is there a way in SQL Developer to have the DBMS Output window clear when you execute a block? Quick Answer: CLEAR SCREEN [Oracle Docs] SQL Developer supports many, and soon to be ALL, SQL*Plus commands. CLEAR is one of them. So just add this to the top of your script. When you execute your script, the Output Panel will clear. You’ll see there’s the output from the previous run, then we execute,…

Personal Tech

I like to experiment and play with new shiny objects. LinkedIn recently added a blogging platform to their site. I’ve decided to publish a little thing on how to do a better job on writing abstracts for conferences. A few disclaimers: I’m no expert, but I write and review a TON of these Many people tell me they want to submit a talk, but don’t have the experience to do it up ‘right’ I mentioned…

SQL Developer

One of the new Database 12c features is the SQL Translation Framework. Developed primarily to help customer migrate their 3rd party applications and databases to the Oracle stack, it also offers application DBAs an opportunity to substitute poorly performing SQL with their own custom SQL – without changing the application itself! Do I have your attention now? Kerry Osborne wrote an excellent post on the topic using a closer-to-real-world example and shows the pl/sql package…

SQL Developer

I’m doing a talk on this very subject next week at ODTUG’s KScope14 conference, and I’ll put up the slides on Slideshare after the show, but I wanted to give a quick shout-out to the things you COULD Be using today to get the most out of your models and design experience. Search SubViews Reports Preferred Data Types Propagating Properties DDL Previews Drag ‘n’ Drop Tables from SQL Developer Tree Transformations Navigating Diagrams Design Collaboration…

SQL Developer

You backup your databases, right? You backup you home computer – your media collection, tax documents, bank accounts, etc, right? You backup your handy-dandy SQL scripts, right? Ok, now that I’ve got your head nodding, I want to answer a question I get every so often: How can I manage my scripts in SQL Developer? This is an interesting question. First, it assumes that one SHOULD manage their scripts in their IDE. Now, what I…

SQL Developer

There’s a nasty rumor going around that you can’t compare database objects and/or code in Oracle SQL Developer. So let’s put that to bed right now. First, here’s how to compare: PL/SQL to PL/SQL or a SQL statement to another SQL statement So now that that’s settled, why don’t we take a look at how to compare a single table, to another table – whether it’s in the same database or a different database. Database…

SQL Developer

What is Oracle SQL Developer? Well, according to this document on OTN… What is SQL Developer? Date: May 2014 Oracle SQL Developer is the Oracle Database IDE. A free graphical user interface, Oracle SQL Developer allows database users and administrators to do their database tasks in fewer clicks and keystrokes. A productivity tool, SQL Developer’s main objective is to help the end user save time and maximize the return on investment in the Oracle Database…

SQL Developer

Running queries, browsing tables – you are often faced with many thousands, if not millions, of rows. Most people are happy with looking at the first few rows. But occasionally you need to see more. SQL Developer doesn’t show you all records, all at once. Instead, it brings the records down in ‘chunks,’ or as-needed. How It Works There is a preference that tells SQL Developer how many records to get in a single request,…

SQL Developer

BLOBs are cool. Optimized such that you can store files basically in the database, with the power of SQL AND no performance hit. That sounds like a pretty good deal. I get asked questions a lot about accessing BLOBs once they’re in the database. And that’s led to quite a few posts here on the subject: Viewing BLOBs as pictures Viewing BLOBs in External Editors (PDFs, spreadsheets, etc.) Including BLOBs in your PDF reports But…

SQL Developer

150 of my closest friends, or some random people on the Internet, joined me today while we talked all about SQL Developer’s reporting feature. Did you miss it? If so, I’m guessing you’re not a member of ODTUG. They put on free webcasts for everyone in the Oracle technology space. If you’re a member, you also get access to the recorded sessions in their archives. You can monitor their Webinar page, OR follow them on-line…