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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

Working with the data grids


The contents of each display editor are displayed in data grids, which typically have three or more columns of data within the grid. A few are two column name-value pair data grids, such as the Details editor. The data in these grids is not editable and merely reflects the details about the object or structure selected. There are two exceptions. The first exception is the Data editor included with the set of display editors for certain objects, such as tables and views. The Data editor displays the instance data for a table and, depending on the object, this data can be edited and the changes can be committed to the database. The second exception is the Code editor for PL/SQL objects, where you are placed into a PL/SQL editor when you select the object.

Data grids throughout SQL Developer have context menus on the column's headings and the data grid itself. You can control the layout and what data is displayed by using these two context menus. For the remaining...