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Oracle SQL Developer 2.1

By : Susan Harper
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Oracle SQL Developer 2.1

By: Susan Harper

Overview of this book

As technology rapidly evolves, many developers are looking for valuable tools to assist them with their daily tasks. When dealing with databases, a clean, easy-to-navigate interface for working and browsing is essential. Oracle SQL Developer is a graphical user interface that makes life much easier by allowing you to browse database objects, run SQL statements and scripts, and create, edit, and debug PL/SQL statements in the most efficient way. It enhances productivity and simplifies your database development tasks. Although the SQL Developer journey looks simple and easy, there are many areas that can go undiscovered, leaving you just scratching the surface. It's easy to get started and master this powerful tool with this book to hand. It will provide you with in-depth details about all aspects of using SQL Developer to assist you in your day-to-day database tasks and activities. You will learn to utilize SQL Developer's extensible environment to support your ongoing needs This book offers detailed instructions for installing, configuring, and effectively using Oracle SQL Developer. You will learn how to utilize every feature of this development tool and make the most out of it. While none of the tasks are complex, the book progresses from the easy, most commonly used features, such as browsing objects and writing queries in the SQL Worksheet, to the more involved and possibly less frequently used features, such as Tuning and Testing SQL and PL/SQL, and adding User Extensions, and finally to those features used by a smaller more targeted audience, such as Migrations, Oracle APEX, and the Data Modeler. Throughout the book there are tips and suggestions gathered as a result of working with the current SQL Developer user base. This book will also show you how to assess the health of your database with built-in as well as customized reports. By the end of the book you will be confident in making the best use of SQL Developer, and be able to set up and maintain a productive environment for quick and easy database development.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Oracle SQL Developer 2.1
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface
12
Working with Application Express

Migrating


You are now almost ready to start the migration. The last step is to decide on the approach you'll use for the migration. For a quick review, prototype, or when migrating a small, straightforward database, the Quick Migrate option is ideal. Alternatively, you can use a more interactive approach and step through each phase of the migration. We'll review both approaches in the next section.

Using Quick Migrate

Quick Migrate is a wizard-driven dialog that follows 6 steps:

  1. 1. You can start the Quick Migrate from two areas, either from the main Tools | Migration menu, or from the context menu of the source database connection you are planning to migrate (seen in the following screenshot). Either action invokes the same Quick Migrate dialog. If you start the wizard from the context menu of the source database connection, the first page of the wizard will be already populated with the source database connection.

  1. 2. The next step is to select the Target Connection. As you can see in the...