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Contents Preface Audience xxvi Documentation Accessibility xxvi Product Accessibility xxvi Related Documents xxvi Conventions xxvii Third-Party License Information xxvii 1 Changes in Release 20.2 for Oracle SQL Developer User's Guide 2 SQL Developer Concepts and Usage 2.1 About SQL Developer 2-2 2.2 Installing and Getting Started with SQL Developer 2-2 2.3 SQL Developer User Interface 2-3 2.3.1 Menus for SQL Developer 2-7 2.3.2 Restoring the Original "Look and Feel" 2-12 2.4 Database Objects 2-13 2.4.1 Applications (Application Express 3.0.1 and Later) 2-13 2.4.2 Cache Groups (Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database) 2-14 2.4.3 Chains 2-14 2.4.4 Credentials 2-15 2.4.5 Database Destinations 2-15 2.4.6 Database Links (Public and Private) 2-15 2.4.7 Destination Groups 2-15 2.4.8 Directories 2-16 2.4.9 Editions 2-16 2.4.10 File Watchers 2-16 2.4.11 Functions 2-16 2.4.12 Indexes 2-17 2.4.13 Java Sources 2-18 2.4.14 Jobs 2-18 iii 2.4.15 Job Classes 2-18 2.4.16 Operators 2-18 2.4.17 Materialized Views 2-19 2.4.18 Materialized View Logs 2-19 2.4.19 Multitenant Container Database (CDB) 2-19 2.4.20 Packages 2-19 2.4.21 Procedures 2-20 2.4.22 Programs 2-21 2.4.23 Queues 2-21 2.4.24 Queue Tables 2-21 2.4.25 Recycle Bin 2-21 2.4.26 Replication Schemes (Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database) 2-22 2.4.27 Schedules 2-22 2.4.28 Sequences 2-22 2.4.29 Synonyms (Public and Private) 2-22 2.4.30 Tables 2-22 2.4.30.1 Flashback Table Support 2-25 2.4.31 Triggers 2-25 2.4.32 Types 2-25 2.4.33 Users (Other Users) 2-25 2.4.34 Views 2-26 2.4.35 Window Groups 2-26 2.4.36 Windows 2-27 2.4.37 XML DB Repository 2-27 2.4.38 XML Schemas 2-27 2.4.39 Captured and Converted Database Objects (for Migration) 2-27 2.5 Database Connections 2-28 2.5.1 Using Folders to Group Connections 2-30 2.5.2 Sharing of Connections 2-31 2.5.3 Advanced Security for JDBC Connection to the Database 2-31 2.5.4 Connections with Operating System (OS) Authentication 2-31 2.5.5 Connections with Proxy Authentication 2-32 2.5.6 Connections with SSH Authentication 2-33 2.6 Entering and Modifying Data 2-34 2.7 Running and Debugging Functions and Procedures 2-36 2.7.1 Using Bookmarks When Editing Functions and Procedures 2-38 2.7.2 Remote Debugging 2-38 2.7.3 Displaying SQL Trace (.trc) Files 2-39 2.7.4 Using the PL/SQL Hierarchical Profiler 2-39 2.7.5 Setting Expression Watches 2-40 2.7.6 Semantic Analysis 2-40 iv 2.7.6.1 SQL Injection Detection 2-40 2.8 Using the SQL Worksheet 2-42 2.8.1 SQL*Plus Statements Supported in SQL Worksheet 2-45 2.8.2 Script Runner 2-46 2.8.3 Execution Plan 2-47 2.8.4 Autotrace Pane 2-47 2.8.5 DBMS Output Pane 2-48 2.8.6 OWA Output Pane 2-48 2.8.7 SQL History 2-48 2.8.8 Query Builder 2-49 2.8.9 Command-Line Interface for SQL Formatting 2-50 2.8.10 SQL Worksheet "Hints" for Formatting Output 2-50 2.8.11 Gauges: In the SQL Worksheet and User-Defined Reports 2-51 2.8.12 Entering OLAP DML Statements in the SQL Worksheet 2-52 2.9 Using Snippets to Insert Code Fragments 2-52 2.9.1 User-Defined Snippets 2-53 2.10 Finding Database Objects 2-53 2.11 Using Recent Objects 2-54 2.12 Using Versioning 2-55 2.12.1 About Subversion and SQL Developer 2-55 2.12.2 Pending Changes 2-56 2.13 Using DBA Features in SQL Developer 2-56 2.13.1 Container Database (CDB) 2-59 2.13.2 Database Configuration 2-59 2.13.2.1 Initialization Parameters 2-59 2.13.2.2 Automatic Undo Management 2-59 2.13.2.3 Current Database Properties 2-59 2.13.2.4 Restore Points 2-60 2.13.2.5 View Database Feature Usage 2-60 2.13.3 Database Status 2-60 2.13.3.1 Status 2-60 2.13.3.2 DB Instance 2-60 2.13.3.3 Instance Viewer 2-60 2.13.4 Data Guard 2-61 2.13.5 Data Pump 2-61 2.13.5.1 Export Jobs 2-61 2.13.5.2 Import Jobs 2-61 2.13.6 Oracle Sharding 2-61 2.13.7 Performance 2-63 2.13.7.1 Snapshots 2-63 2.13.7.2 Baselines 2-63 v 2.13.7.3 Baseline Templates 2-63 2.13.7.4 Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM) 2-64 2.13.7.5 ASH (Active Session History) Report Viewer 2-64 2.13.7.6 AWR (Automatic Workload Repository) 2-64 2.13.8 RMAN Backup/Recovery 2-64 2.13.8.1 Backup Jobs 2-65 2.13.8.2 Backup Sets 2-65 2.13.8.3 Image Copies 2-65 2.13.8.4 RMAN Settings 2-65 2.13.8.5 Scheduled RMAN Actions 2-65 2.13.8.6 Using Action Jobs 2-65 2.13.9 Resource Manager 2-66 2.13.9.1 Consumer Group Mappings 2-66 2.13.9.2 Consumer Groups 2-66 2.13.9.3 Plans 2-66 2.13.9.4 Settings 2-67 2.13.9.5 Statistics 2-67 2.13.10 SQL Translator FrameWork 2-67 2.13.10.1 SQL Translator Profiles 2-67 2.13.10.2 SQL Translators 2-67 2.13.11 Scheduler 2-67 2.13.11.1 Global Attributes 2-67 2.13.11.2 Job Classes 2-67 2.13.11.3 External Destinations 2-67 2.13.12 Security 2-68 2.13.12.1 Audit Settings 2-68 2.13.12.2 Profiles 2-68 2.13.12.3 Roles 2-68 2.13.12.4 Users 2-68 2.13.13 Storage 2-68 2.13.13.1 Archive Logs 2-68 2.13.13.2 Control Files 2-68 2.13.13.3 Datafiles 2-68 2.13.13.4 Redo Log Groups 2-69 2.13.13.5 Rollback Segments 2-69 2.13.13.6 Tablespaces 2-69 2.13.13.7 Temporary Tablespace Groups 2-69 2.13.14 Tuning 2-69 2.13.14.1 Real Time SQL Monitor 2-69 2.14 Scheduling Jobs Using SQL Developer 2-69 2.14.1 Scheduler Design Editor 2-71 vi 2.15 Using the Cart 2-71 2.15.1 Adding Data Files to the Cart 2-74 2.15.2 Cart Versus Database Export Wizard 2-75 2.16 Spatial Support in SQL Developer 2-76 2.16.1 Context Menu Operations on Spatial Data and Metadata 2-76 2.16.2 Map Visualization of Spatial Data 2-76 2.16.2.1 Visualizing Geometries by Creating and Executing a Query 2-77 2.16.2.2 Visualizing Geometries from the Table Data Grid 2-78 2.17 Change Manager Support in SQL Developer 2-78 2.17.1 Change Plan Administrators