Originally presented at Oracle Code One 2019, this is a collection of techniques dedicated to making your work with data easier and more enjoyable in Oracle Database with SQL Developer.

1. SQL Developer Tips & Tricks
Master Product Manager
DatabaseTools
Jeff.d.smith@oracle.com || www.thatjeffsmith.com
@thatjeffsmith
Jeff Smith

2. “Our mission is to help people see data in new ways,
discover insights, unlock endless possibilities.

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• Make your job, the job at hand…easier
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What this talk is about

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What it is I do here

5. • 60+Videos
• Feature demos
• Tips &Tricks
• Short & Long Form
SQL Developer
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Data Modeler
ORDS
Don’t bother taking notes

6. • 850+ posts
• 3 minute reads
• Have a question, Google it!
No, seriously

7. 7
Time Tested
Launched in
2005
An Industry Standard
5M+ Oracle DBAs
& Developers
Always Improving
Quarterly
Releases
4
SQL Developer Snapshot

8. Project Raptor
• Early Adopter on OTN
2005
1.1
• File Based PL/SQL editing
• Reports
• Ships with 11gR1
1.5.x
• Localizations - Japanese,
Spanish, Italian, …
• Ships with 11gR2
SQLDev v1.0
• SQL Worksheet
• Procedure Editor
• The world takes notice!
1.5
• Schema Copy/Diff/Export
• Versioning
• TimesTen
2.1
• Unit Testing
• Data Modeler Viewer
• Unshared SQL Worksheets
2007 201020092006
3.0
• Data Modeler
• View > DBA
• SQL Tuning Advisor
• Query Builder
2008 2011 2012
3.1
• PDF Reports
• RMAN
• Data Pump
2013
3.2
• APEX Listener / ORDS
Support
• Database 12c Support
• Schema Service Support
4.0
• ASH/AWR/ADDM
• Color Coded Connections
• Command line Interface
14 years of releases
2018 2019
18.1
• Autonomous Data Warehouse Support
• New Welcome Screen/Connections
• SQL Injection Detection
• PL/Scope SQL Statement Support
• Better Formatting
19.3
• SQL Dev Web
Quarterly Updates

9. About Oracle Java…
• We support Oracle JDK 8, 11, & 12
• Oracle SQL Developer is an Oracle product
• Oracle products requiring JDK’s don’t require $
• OpenJDK 11 isn’t supported…but will probably work

11. 7 Clicks to go from Grid to Formatted Output

12. • AddComment
• Execute via F5 (Script)
• Comment labels match grid export formatter labels
Format Query Results Directly

13. set sqlformat
json-formatted
Don’t forget we support
SPOOL…and DDL

14. Speaking of SPOOL…

15. • Save some clicks!
• Set DEFAULTS
for Exports
If you are going to use a mouse…

16. Grid tricks

17. Split editors (or grids)

18. Browse two or more tables at once
• PIN table
• DocTab Groups

19. • Build a report
• Turn it into a
project/object
navigator!
Links?

20. Bar charts

21. Quick and dirty Copying Rows

22. More copy/paste tricks
Ctrl+SHIFT+C

23. More copy/paste tricks

24. • Insight
• SQLText Expansion
• * - peeking
• Avoid errors in advance
Help with getting your data

25. Insight
• peak into Docs for sample code on
your function/command
• click on ‘book’ to go straight
to the DOCS page for that
function/command

26. Insight, Auto vs On Demand

27. Peek behind the curtains

28. Joins, Insight & Refactoring

29. ANSI or Oracle (+)

30. That’s not the TABLE you’re looking for

31. Back to the JOINs…what are we joining?

32. Oh, but our flat file system looks like this
PK Col – littered about

33. • 50 tables to a Single Excel File
• 50 tables to 50 Excel Files
Getting Data Out..to Excel…Ew.

34. Getting data to another database
From Non-Oracle souces too!

35. Move a LOT of data, FAST

36. • Point to delimited text file…
• choose your adventure
Or generate a Loader/External Scenario

37. • Data Pump
• Import from Excel
• Cart
• Drag and Drop
Getting data to the Cloud

38. Getting to my data is slow…

39. Compare Plans/Traces

40. Read trace files…in SQLDev!

41. • 850+ posts
• Resource page for getting started
• Video available if you don’t like words
• I can do this ‘live’ via the Internet for you and your team
Tips in Long Form

42. Thank you!
Master Product Manager
Come see us in the Database Demo Grounds, POD XYZ
Jeff Smith