Oracle SQL Developer: You're Doing it Wrong!

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SQLDevYou’re Doing it Wrong
Jeff Smith
Senior Principal Product Manager
Jeff.d.smith@oracle.com || @thatjeffsmith
Database Tools, Oracle Corp

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• 60+ Videos
• Feature demos
• Tips & Tricks
• Short & Long Form
– SQL Developer
– SQLcl
– Data Modeler
– ORDS

Oracle SQL Developer, Major Feature Areas
 PL/SQL IDE
 SQL editor
 GUI for browsing and managing database objects
 Ad Hoc reporting
 Database Design & Data Modeling
 Database Administration
 3rd Party RDBMS Migrations to Oracle
 Deploy and Administer Oracle REST Data Services
 REST Enablement of the Database
 Command Line Interface

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SQL Developer Snapshot
Time Tested
Launched in
2005
An Industry Standard
5M+ Oracle DBAs
& Developers
Always Improving
Quarterly
Releases
4


 Top 15 Download on OTN
 Telling Your Friends 
5,000,000+

Project Raptor
 Early Adopter on OTN
2005
1.1
 File Based PL/SQL editing
 Reports
 Ships with 11gR1
1.5.x
 Localizations -
Japanese, Spanish,
Italian, German, French,
Portuguese, Chinese, &
Koreans
 Ships with 11gR2
SQLDev v1.0
 SQL Worksheet
 Procedure Editor
 The world takes notice!
1.5
 Schema Copy/Diff/Export
 Thick connections
 Versioning
 TimesTen
2.1
 Unit Testing
 Data Modeler Viewer
 Unshared SQL Worksheets
2007 201020092006
3.0
 Full Data Modeler
 View > DBA
 SQL Tuning Advisor
 Query Builder
2008 2011 2012
3.1
 New Database DIFF
 PDF Reports
 RMAN
 Data Pump
2013
3.2
 APEX Listener / ORDS
Support
 Database 12c Support
 Schema Service Support
4.0
 Java 7
 ASH/AWR/ADDM
 Color Coded Connections
 Command line Interface
4.0.3
 Optimized Code Insight
 Oracle Big Data Appliance
2014 2015 2016
4.1
 ORDS Included/Full GUI
 instance Viewer
 SQLcl
 Copy PDB to DBaaS
 Larry live demos PDB relocate @ OOW
4.2
 Real Time SQL Monitoring
 Top SQL Report
 Formatter & Other Editor Enhancements
 Easier RESTful Services Development
2017
SQLcl
 New CLI
 Modern SQL*Plus
Release History

2017
2017.2
 Bug Fixes
 Sharding
 Data Guard
17.3 & 17.4
 Bug Fixes
Quarterly Releases!!!
2018
Release History
18.1
 Autonomous Data Warehouse Support
 New Welcome Screen/Connections
 SQL Injection Detection
 PL/Scope SQL Statement Support
 Better Formatting
 KILL ALL THE BUGS!
18.2/3
 PL/SQL
Injection
Detection
 Cloud data
Loads
 Nested
Connections

You’re doing it wrong.
All wrong.
Do you even SQLDev?
Provocative Statement!

Huge Product, Most Folks are Self-Taught…
…it’s our fault, not yours.
 PL/SQL IDE
 SQL editor
 GUI for browsing and managing database objects
 Ad Hoc reporting
 Database Design & Data Modeling
 Database Administration
 3rd Party RDBMS Migrations to Oracle
 Deploy and Administer Oracle REST Data Services
 REST Enablement of the Database
 Command Line Interface

Jeff’s Driving School

Wrong Way: Not using the Right Tool

Command Line can be faster, simpler!
 <TAB> complete
 file names, keywords, and
 object names!

SQL Statement & Script History – access with Up/Down Key
 Sensitive commands,
connect black-listed
 Defaults to last 100
 Avail from session to
session per OS user

Use ALIAS feature to create new Commands

Get your files, whichever way you want them

Custom Formats, just add JavaScript

Auto-Replace/Spell Checking in SQLcl
 Uses SCRIPT/JS
 Looks for ‘bad’ text
 Replaces before
sending to JDBC
 Shows corrected SQL
with Output

Wrong Way: Digging around the Connections Tree
Tree Basics:
 use the keyboard to navigate
 use connection folders
 hide things! OR
 don’t use the tree at all!

Right Way: Trim the Tree

Right Way: Using Database Search

Right Way: Ctrl+Click into the Object

Right Way: Try the Schema Browser
Right-click on your Connection, open the schema browser
 drop down pickers vs tree
 full features
 client side filtering

Wrong Way: Loading Scripts/Copy/Pasting Code
Code your frequently
used SQL and
scripts directly into
the product:
Code Snippets
 …or Auto-Replace
 Reports

 Automatic = suggestions as
you type
 Manual = suggestions as you
ask for them (ctrl+space)
 drag and drop from tree to
generate code
Wrong Way: Manual Coding

 Adjust delay
 Suppress automatic
suggestions
OR
 Turn off completely and
use keyboard, on demand
with CTRL+Spacebar
Wrong Way: Getting Mad at the Pop-ups

Bonus: Get Help/Examples with Commands!
 peak into Docs for sample code
on your function/command
 click on ‘book’ to go straight
to the DOCS page for that
function/command

Right way: keyboard through SQL History
Wrong Way: F8/Using the History Panel

Wrong Way: Session Trace to get SQL Developer’s SQL
Right way: use the Statements panel

I love it when a plan comes
together!!

Wrong Way: Explain Plan

Right Way: Use Cached Plans or DBMS_XPLAN or AutoTrace

Plans/AutoTrace – generate & compare side by side!
Hit the drop-down control next to Plan Button to
access cached plans from v$sql_plan
Pin Plan, Gen Plan, Right-Click >
Compare for Side By Side View

 enable things you want to see in
your plans, like
QBLOCK_NAME

PUT
THE
MOUSE
DOWN

Wrong Way: 7 Clicks to get CSV

 Add Comment
 Execute via F5 (Script)
 Comment labels match grid
export formatter labels
 ONLY works in SQLDev…
& SQLcl 
Right Way: Write Straight to CSV + Spool

Wrong Way: Running on Default Preferences
 Open Object on Single Click
 Code Editor Font
 Grid in checkerboard
 Display NULL As
 Shortcut Keys
 PL/SQL Syntax Colors
Ten Minute Video
Right way: tweak SQLDev to work the way you want it to

Wrong Way: Ignoring the DBA Panel
 View Menu
 ‘DBA’
 Adding new
things every
release
 Not JUST for
developers
anymore

Watch Database Activity
 agent-less
 ZERO DB objects
 a ‘fancy’ report
 no history
● no alerts
● drill-downs
We’re making more of
these 

Wrong Way: Data In and Out of Excel
 XLS vs XLSX
 Importing
 External/SQLDR
 Ctrl+C vs Shift+…
 Multiple tables to
different workbooks

Right Way: Some Excel Tips
 XLSX faster than XLS
 CSV faster than XLSX
 CSV => External Table
better for large imports
 Ctrl+Shift+C => Copy
Data + Column Headers
 Export multiple tables to a
single XLSX file = use the
Database Export Wizard

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