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Oracle SQL Developer Top 10 Tips & Tricks
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Oracle SQL Developer
Tips & Tricks
Jeff Smith
Jeff.d.smith@oracle.com || @thatjeffsmith
Senior Principal Product Manager
Database Development Tools Group
Oracle Confidential – Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
Improve
application
developers
experience
 A Little History
 Talk the Tip
 Show the Tip
 Questions As We Go!
 Take notes or borrow mine at the end…
Agenda
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
Oracle SQL Developer
 FREE Oracle Database IDE/GUI
 Windows, OS X, *NIX
 More than 3,500,000 users worldwide
 My Oracle Support available via your DB license
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
SQL Developer Data Modeler
Included for free, also available as a separate download/program
Strategy and Analysis
Relational
Database Design
Data Type
Star Schema Physical
Multidimensional
ERD DFD
Logical
Reporting
Import Models
Domains
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Project Raptor (2005) ~ Oracle SQL Developer v1.0 (2006)
 Version 1.5 (2008)
 Version 2.1 (2009)
 Version 3.0 (2011)
 Version 3.1, 3.2 (2012)
 Version 4.0 (2013)
Release History
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Automatic can be annoying
Disable:
Open Object on Single Click
 I like my data to stay put
Enable:
Show query results in new tabs
1. Configure the Automatic Stuff
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Adjust delay as
comfortable
 Suppress automatic
suggestions if too many
‘hits’
 Turn off completely and
use ctrl+spacebar
 Tweaked in v4.0.2
1B. Show the Automatic Completion Stuff
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
In lieu of clicking through SQL History (F8)
2. SQL History
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Add Comment
 Execute via F5 (Script)
 Comment labels match grid
export formatter labels
 ONLY works in SQLDev
3a. Format Query Results Directly to CSV, XML, etc
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
3b. Copying Grids WITH Column Headers
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
4a. Drag-n-Drop Objects to Editor
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Shift, Select, Drag, Drop
 OR Ctrl+Select, Drag..
 Ctrl walks the dependency
tree
 Preview DDL, save,
export, etc
4b. Drag-n-Drop Objects to Model
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
5. Viewing PL/SQL Execution Output (RefCursors)
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Right-Click on a Connection
 Drop Down Controls for
 Schema
 Object
 Same Functionality as Tree
6. Schema Browser
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
1. Hold down Ctrl...
…Mouse over object
...CLICK to open object
2. SHIFT+F4 (DESC)
3. Find DB Object
Alt+G on object text
7. Three More Ways to Open/Browse Objects
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Create your own
object actions
 Extend the object
editors
8. Extend the product with XML+SQL
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
 Export data to Excel
 Import from Excel to table
 Existing
 Build New One
 XLSX Exports in 4 are faster
9. Excel Stuff
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
Right Click in the Editor Tab, split gives you 2 independent views of the editor, New Tab Group lets you
see multiple editors at once
10. Split Editors & New Document Tab Groups
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
OTN – SQL Developer
– Forums
– By Example Tutorials
– My Tips & Tricks Blog
Resources
Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
Customize Preferences
Recall SQL History via keyboard
Script Output in CSV, HTML, ...
Drag ‘n’ Drop Tables to Worksheet
Drag ‘n’ Drop Tables to Model
PL/SQL Output
Schema Browser
Ctrl+Click, Shift+F4, Object Search
Copying Grids w/ Column Headers
XML Extensions
All of my #SQLDev Posts :)
The Tips in Blog Format
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Oracle SQL Developer Top 10 Tips & Tricks

  • 2. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Oracle SQL Developer Tips & Tricks Jeff Smith Jeff.d.smith@oracle.com || @thatjeffsmith Senior Principal Product Manager Database Development Tools Group Oracle Confidential – Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted
  • 3. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Improve application developers experience  A Little History  Talk the Tip  Show the Tip  Questions As We Go!  Take notes or borrow mine at the end… Agenda
  • 4. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Oracle SQL Developer  FREE Oracle Database IDE/GUI  Windows, OS X, *NIX  More than 3,500,000 users worldwide  My Oracle Support available via your DB license
  • 5. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | SQL Developer Data Modeler Included for free, also available as a separate download/program Strategy and Analysis Relational Database Design Data Type Star Schema Physical Multidimensional ERD DFD Logical Reporting Import Models Domains
  • 6. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Project Raptor (2005) ~ Oracle SQL Developer v1.0 (2006)  Version 1.5 (2008)  Version 2.1 (2009)  Version 3.0 (2011)  Version 3.1, 3.2 (2012)  Version 4.0 (2013) Release History
  • 7. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Automatic can be annoying Disable: Open Object on Single Click  I like my data to stay put Enable: Show query results in new tabs 1. Configure the Automatic Stuff
  • 8. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Adjust delay as comfortable  Suppress automatic suggestions if too many ‘hits’  Turn off completely and use ctrl+spacebar  Tweaked in v4.0.2 1B. Show the Automatic Completion Stuff
  • 9. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | In lieu of clicking through SQL History (F8) 2. SQL History
  • 10. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Add Comment  Execute via F5 (Script)  Comment labels match grid export formatter labels  ONLY works in SQLDev 3a. Format Query Results Directly to CSV, XML, etc
  • 11. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | 3b. Copying Grids WITH Column Headers
  • 12. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | 4a. Drag-n-Drop Objects to Editor
  • 13. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Shift, Select, Drag, Drop  OR Ctrl+Select, Drag..  Ctrl walks the dependency tree  Preview DDL, save, export, etc 4b. Drag-n-Drop Objects to Model
  • 14. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | 5. Viewing PL/SQL Execution Output (RefCursors)
  • 15. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Right-Click on a Connection  Drop Down Controls for  Schema  Object  Same Functionality as Tree 6. Schema Browser
  • 16. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | 1. Hold down Ctrl... …Mouse over object ...CLICK to open object 2. SHIFT+F4 (DESC) 3. Find DB Object Alt+G on object text 7. Three More Ways to Open/Browse Objects
  • 17. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Create your own object actions  Extend the object editors 8. Extend the product with XML+SQL
  • 18. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |  Export data to Excel  Import from Excel to table  Existing  Build New One  XLSX Exports in 4 are faster 9. Excel Stuff
  • 19. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Right Click in the Editor Tab, split gives you 2 independent views of the editor, New Tab Group lets you see multiple editors at once 10. Split Editors & New Document Tab Groups
  • 20. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | OTN – SQL Developer – Forums – By Example Tutorials – My Tips & Tricks Blog Resources
  • 21. Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Customize Preferences Recall SQL History via keyboard Script Output in CSV, HTML, ... Drag ‘n’ Drop Tables to Worksheet Drag ‘n’ Drop Tables to Model PL/SQL Output Schema Browser Ctrl+Click, Shift+F4, Object Search Copying Grids w/ Column Headers XML Extensions All of my #SQLDev Posts :) The Tips in Blog Format

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