Oracle SQL Developer 2.1

Database design and development using this feature-rich, powerful user-extensible interface

Install, configure, customize, and manage your SQL Developer environmentIncludes the latest features to enhance productivity and simplify database developmentCovers reporting, testing, and debugging conceptsMeet the new powerful Data Modeling tool - Oracle SQL Developer Data ModelerDetailed code examples and screenshots for easy learning

In Detail

As technology is evolving rapidly, many developers are looking for modern tools to assist them in daily tasks. A clean, easy-to-navigate interface for browsing and working with databases is essential. Oracle SQL Developer is a graphical user interface that makes your 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 journey looks simple and easy, there are many areas that might go undiscovered, leaving you just scratching the surface.

It's easy to get started and master this powerful tool when you've got 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. Use the book to become more productive in everyday tasks. 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.

What you will learn from this book?

Build complex queries based on a number of tables using visual Query BuilderAssess the health of your database, data structure of your application, and data in that application with built-in as well as user-defined reportsCreate, compile, and debug PL/SQL code and explore some useful features available to facilitate writing PL/SQL codeIntegrate your SQL Developer with open source version control systems CVS and Subversion, which allow checking out of files from a repository, editing, and checking them back inEnter and execute your SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus statements with the SQL Worksheet interfaceProduce easily replicable scripts that copy and move data from one database instance to another, or from one schema to anotherCreate advanced database connections using a variety of connection and authentication types available for Oracle as well as non-Oracle databasesCreate, review, and update database schema designs with SQL Developer Data ModelerAugment your environment with features that are specific to your needs by extending your SQL Developer with XML structured user-defined extensionsMonitor and manage your Application Express applications by integrating with SQL DeveloperSet up an easy and quick migration environment for your database schema by using the migration repository Browse and review non-Oracle databases, before using the migration environment to migrate and consolidate databases on the Oracle platform

Approach

Covering SQL Developer fundamentals as well more intermediate and advanced topics, this book uses in-depth explanation and detailed examples to help you get the most out of Oracle SQL Developer. The book has a modular structure, so that you can dip into any chapter that covers your current area of focus and get going.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for Oracle developers who want to ease their database development, and enhance their productivity using Oracle SQL Developer.

You should have a programming knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL, and have a general familiarity with Oracle database concepts.