Oracle® SQL Developer User's Guide
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Oracle® SQL Developer User's Guide Release 18.3 F10091-01 October 2018 Oracle SQL Developer User's Guide, Release 18.3 F10091-01 Copyright © 2006, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Celin Cherian Contributing Authors: Chuck Murray This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you find any errors, please report them to us in writing. 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Contents Preface Audience xxvii Documentation Accessibility xxvii Product Accessibility xxvii Related Documents xxvii Conventions xxviii Third-Party License Information xxviii Changes in This Release for Oracle SQL Developer User’s Guide Changes in Oracle SQL Developer Release 18.3 xlix Changes in Oracle SQL Developer Release 18.2 xlix Changes in Oracle SQL Developer Release 18.1 l 1 SQL Developer Concepts and Usage 1.1 About SQL Developer 1-2 1.2 Installing and Getting Started with SQL Developer 1-2 1.3 SQL Developer User Interface 1-3 1.3.1 Menus for SQL Developer 1-7 1.3.2 Restoring the Original "Look and Feel" 1-12 1.4 Database Objects 1-13 1.4.1 Applications (Application Express 3.0.1 and Later) 1-13 1.4.2 Cache Groups (Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database) 1-14 1.4.3 Chains 1-14 1.4.4 Credentials 1-15 1.4.5 Database Destinations 1-15 1.4.6 Database Links (Public and Private) 1-15 1.4.7 Destination Groups 1-15 1.4.8 Directories 1-16 1.4.9 Editions 1-16 1.4.10 File Watchers 1-16 1.4.11 Functions 1-16 iii 1.4.12 Indexes 1-17 1.4.13 Java Sources 1-18 1.4.14 Jobs 1-18 1.4.15 Job Classes 1-18 1.4.16 Operators 1-18 1.4.17 Materialized Views 1-19 1.4.18 Materialized View Logs 1-19 1.4.19 Multitenant Container Database (CDB) 1-19 1.4.20 Packages 1-19 1.4.21 Procedures 1-20 1.4.22 Programs 1-21 1.4.23 Queues 1-21 1.4.24 Queue Tables 1-21 1.4.25 Recycle Bin 1-21 1.4.26 Replication Schemes (Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database) 1-22 1.4.27 Schedules 1-22 1.4.28 Sequences 1-22 1.4.29 Synonyms (Public and Private) 1-22 1.4.30 Tables 1-22 1.4.30.1 Flashback Table Support 1-25 1.4.31 Triggers 1-25 1.4.32 Types 1-25 1.4.33 Users (Other Users) 1-25 1.4.34 Views 1-26 1.4.35 Window Groups 1-26 1.4.36 Windows 1-27 1.4.37 XML DB Repository 1-27 1.4.38 XML Schemas 1-27 1.4.39 Captured and Converted Database Objects (for Migration) 1-27 1.5 Database Connections 1-28 1.5.1 Using Folders to Group Connections 1-30 1.5.2 Sharing of Connections 1-31 1.5.3 Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database 1-31 1.5.4 Connections with Operating System (OS) Authentication 1-31 1.5.5 Connections with Proxy Authentication 1-32 1.5.6 Connections with SSH Authentication 1-33 1.6 Entering and Modifying Data 1-34 1.7 Running and Debugging Functions and Procedures 1-36 1.7.1 Using Bookmarks When Editing Functions and Procedures 1-38 1.7.2 Remote Debugging 1-38 1.7.3 Displaying SQL Trace (.trc) Files 1-39 iv 1.7.4 Using the PL/SQL Hierarchical Profiler 1-39 1.7.5 Setting Expression Watches 1-40 1.7.6 Semantic Analysis 1-40 1.7.6.1 SQL Injection Detection 1-41 1.8 Using the SQL Worksheet 1-42 1.8.1 SQL*Plus Statements Supported in SQL Worksheet 1-45 1.8.2 Script Runner 1-46 1.8.3 Execution Plan 1-47 1.8.4 Autotrace Pane 1-47 1.8.5 DBMS Output Pane 1-48 1.8.6 OWA Output Pane 1-48 1.8.7 SQL History 1-48 1.8.8 Query Builder 1-49 1.8.9 Command-Line Interface for SQL Formatting 1-49 1.8.10 SQL Worksheet "Hints" for Formatting Output 1-50 1.8.11 Gauges: In the SQL Worksheet and User-Defined Reports 1-50 1.8.12 Entering OLAP DML Statements in the SQL Worksheet 1-52 1.9 Using Snippets to Insert Code Fragments 1-52 1.9.1 User-Defined Snippets 1-52 1.10 Finding Database Objects 1-53 1.11 Using Recent Objects 1-54 1.12 Using Versioning 1-55 1.12.1 About Subversion and SQL Developer 1-55 1.12.2 Pending Changes 1-56 1.13 Using DBA Features in SQL Developer 1-56 1.13.1 Container Database (CDB) 1-59 1.13.2 Database Configuration 1-59 1.13.2.1 Initialization Parameters 1-59 1.13.2.2 Automatic Undo Management 1-59 1.13.2.3 Current Database Properties 1-59 1.13.2.4 Restore Points 1-60 1.13.2.5 View Database Feature Usage 1-60 1.13.3 Database Status 1-60 1.13.3.1 Status 1-60 1.13.3.2 DB Instance 1-60 1.13.3.3 Instance Viewer 1-60 1.13.4 Data Guard 1-61 1.13.5 Data Pump 1-61 1.13.5.1 Export Jobs 1-61 1.13.5.2 Import Jobs 1-61 1.13.6 Oracle Sharding 1-61 v 1.13.7 Performance 1-63 1.13.7.1 Snapshots 1-63 1.13.7.2 Baselines 1-63 1.13.7.3 Baseline Templates 1-63 1.13.7.4 Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) 1-64 1.13.7.5 ASH (Active Session History) Report Viewer 1-64 1.13.7.6 AWR (Automatic Workload Repository) 1-64 1.13.8 RMAN Backup/Recovery 1-64 1.13.8.1 Backup Jobs 1-65 1.13.8.2 Backup Sets 1-65 1.13.8.3 Image Copies 1-65 1.13.8.4 RMAN Settings 1-65 1.13.8.5 Scheduled RMAN Actions 1-65 1.13.8.6 Using Action Jobs 1-65 1.13.9 Resource Manager 1-66 1.13.9.1 Consumer Group Mappings 1-66 1.13.9.2 Consumer Groups 1-66 1.13.9.3 Plans 1-66 1.13.9.4 Settings 1-67 1.13.9.5 Statistics 1-67 1.13.10 SQL Translator FrameWork 1-67 1.13.10.1 SQL Translator Profiles 1-67 1.13.10.2 SQL Translators 1-67 1.13.11 Scheduler 1-67 1.13.11.1 Global Attributes 1-67 1.13.11.2 Job Classes 1-67 1.13.11.3 External Destinations 1-67 1.13.12 Security 1-68 1.13.12.1 Audit Settings 1-68 1.13.12.2 Profiles 1-68 1.13.12.3 Roles 1-68 1.13.12.4 Users 1-68 1.13.13 Storage 1-68 1.13.13.1 Archive Logs 1-68 1.13.13.2 Control Files 1-68 1.13.13.3 Datafiles 1-68 1.13.13.4 Redo Log Groups 1-69 1.13.13.5 Rollback Segments 1-69 1.13.13.6 Tablespaces 1-69 1.13.13.7 Temporary Tablespace Groups 1-69 1.13.14 Tuning 1-69 vi 1.13.14.1 Real Time SQL Monitor 1-69 1.14 Scheduling Jobs Using SQL Developer 1-69 1.14.1 Scheduler Design Editor 1-71 1.15 Using the Cart 1-71 1.15.1 Adding Data Files to the Cart 1-74 1.15.2 Cart Versus Database Export Wizard 1-75 1.16 Spatial Support in SQL Developer 1-76 1.16.1 Context Menu Operations on Spatial Data and Metadata 1-76 1.16.2 Map Visualization of Spatial Data 1-76 1.16.2.1 Visualizing Geometries by Creating and Executing a Query 1-77 1.16.2.2 Visualizing Geometries from the Table Data Grid 1-78 1.17 Change Manager Support in SQL Developer 1-78 1.17.1 Change Plan Administrators and Developers 1-79 1.17.2 Developing Change Plans with SQL Developer 1-80 1.17.2.1 Creating a Repository Connection 1-81 1.17.2.2 Creating and Deleting Change Plans 1-81 1.17.2.3 Adding and Updating Change Items 1-81 1.17.2.4 Using Change Plans to Capture Change in SQL Developer 1-81 1.17.3