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Oracle SQL Developer

By : Susan Harper
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Oracle SQL Developer

By: Susan Harper

Overview of this book

At times, DBAs support 100s of databases at work. In such scenarios, using a command-line tool like putty adds to the difficulty, while SQL Developer makes the life of a developer, DBA, or DB architect easier by providing a graphical user interface equipped with features that can bolster and enhance the user experience and boost efficiency. Features such as DBA panel, Reports, Data Modeler, and Data Miner are just a few examples of its rich features, and its support for APEX, REST Services, timesten, and third-party database drivers demonstrate its extensibility. You may be a newbie to databases or a seasoned database expert, either way this book will help you understand the database structure and the different types of objects that organize enterprise data in an efficient manner. This book introduces the features of the SQL Developer 4.1 tool in an incremental fashion, starting with installing them, making the database connections, and using the different panels. By sequentially walking through the steps in each chapter, you will quickly master SQL Developer 4.1.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Oracle SQL Developer
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
11
Working with Application Express
Index

Keyboard access


Almost all the menus are accessible with appropriate keyboard shortcuts. Some of the key features of SQL Developer that can be accessed via keyboard are listed as follows:

  • Users can navigate to and invoke all menu items:

  • All toolbar functions are accessible through menu items:

  • All menus and menu items have unique and functioning mnemonic keys. All the yellow shaded keys in following screenshot give the examples of the existing mnemonic keys:

  • All context menus within the navigators and source editor can be invoked:

  • Frequently used menu items have unique accelerator keys:

The following functionalities are available in SQL Developer windows. You can do the following:

  • Navigate between all open windows, to all nodes within a window or pane, and between tabs in a window

  • Set focus in a window or pane

  • Invoke all controls within a window or pane, and perform basic operations

  • Navigate and update properties in the Property Inspector

  • Use Completion Insight and Code Templates in the source editor...