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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

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Improve
application
developers
experience
 Oracle at a SQLSaturday, What’s Up with That?
 Introduction to our free stuff
 SQL Server Support
 A few ‘tricks’ and things you may enjoy
 Questions As We Go!
Agenda What We’re Going to Talk About Today

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Oracle SQL Developer
 FREE Oracle Database IDE/GUI
 Windows, OS X, *NIX
 More than 4,000,000 users worldwide
 Java Application (JDBC)

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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

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A Quick Word on Java…
 You’ll need a JDK, not just a JRE (not the Java that runs in your browser)
 I recommend Java 8
 Or download SQL Developer that includes the JDK – no install required

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 SQL Server connectivity in SQL Developer is provided officially for
migration projects
 Copy to Oracle Right Click (single objects, quick ‘n’ dirty)
 T-SQL -> Oracle SQL & PL/SQL Translator
 Wizard driven complete database migrations
 Object Editors are read only
 SQL Worksheet for Ad Hoc Queries/Scripts
 User Defined Reports
SQL Developer & SQL Server In a Nutshell

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Connectivity
 We require the jTDS driver for SQL Server & Sybase ASE
 OS and User/Pass Authentication
 Set default Database
Copy ntlmauth.dll to
your JDK/jre/bin
directory

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Connectivity – Mac?
Open connections.xml file in your SQLDev Install Folder/.sqldeveloper/system* dir
<StringRefAddr addrType="customUrl">
<Contents>jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://Server_FQDN:1433;instance=<instance_name>;
domain=<domain_name>/</Contents>
Thanks +Anthony Ballow for the tip!

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Browser – Click, See Objects
 Immediately browse
objects and see the
data
 Non-Oracle objects
are basic features
only, no
updates/alters

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Worksheet: Best for Ad Hoc Queries

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Worksheet: Hints
 /*sqldev:query*/ if
your expecting a
result set to be
returned
 /*sqldev:stmt*/ if
you are expecting
nothing returned

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In lieu of clicking through SQL History (F8)
Some Things You May Like: SQL History

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 Add Comment
 Execute via F5 (Script)
 Comment labels match grid
export formatter labels
 JSON, CSV, Insert, XML…
Some Things You May Like: Formatting Query Results

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Some Things You May Like: Formatting Query Results

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Get Data Out…

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 Queries on Demand
 Multi-Level
 Exporting
 Prompt for Values
Reports

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Report Design

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Reports: Prompt for Values (use Binds)

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 RE or build from
scratch
 Generate DDL
 Reporting
 Versioning and
Change Control
 ‘Quick Demo’
Data Modeler

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Preferences: Default RDBMS

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Design from Scratch or Start with an Existing System?

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Identity Columns, Yup!

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SQL Translator

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Some Migration Stuff: Copy to Oracle
Quick and Dirty – Copies Base Object and Data Only

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Some Migration Stuff: Formal Migration Projects
 Select Objects
 Converted to Oracle
‘model’
 Refactors & translates
stored procs, views, etc.
 Deployed to ORCL target
 Data is loaded

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 All Free
 Learn Oracle Database, APEX,
SQL, and more
 12.1.0.2 Enterprise Edition with
all options
 Software pre-installed and
configured
 Demo data & hands on labs
More Free Stuff From Oracle: VirtualBox Images

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Runs on an Oracle Linux Appliance
 VirtualBox
 Appliance
 Instructions

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