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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

Summary


SQL Developer is easy to install and use. Once you have unzipped the file and started the product, you can connect to your Oracle database without downloading or needing additional files. This easy connection uses the thin JDBC driver to make the connection. In addition to this, the product supports a wide variety of alternative connection and authentication types for Oracle and non-Oracle databases. In this chapter, we reviewed the SQL Developer support offered for Oracle database connections and authentication methods. We reviewed the various drivers required for non-Oracle databases and how to set them up. Finally, we looked at ways to manage connections and folders.

In the next chapter, we'll have a look at database data modeling and how to use SQL Developer Data Modeler to create and update entity relationship diagrams as well as relational and physical data models.