Oracle SQL Developer
Screenshot
Oracle SQL Developer Demonstration of Oracle SQL Developer GUI | |
| Developer(s) | Oracle Corporation |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.1.1.64
/ March 1, 2010 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | SQL Integrated development environment |
| License | Proprietary OTN SQL Developer License |
| Website | Oracle SQL Developer |
Oracle SQL Developer is an IDE for working with SQL in Oracle databases. Oracle Corporation provides this product free; it uses the Java Development Kit.
Features
Oracle SQL Developer supports Oracle products and a variety of third-party plugins which may be used to connect to non-Oracle databases. Oracle SQL Developer works with IBM DB2, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase Adaptive Server, and Teradata databases. [1]
A re-written SQL worksheet (the code-editing element in SQL Developer) will debut with the 2.1 release. Also, as of the 1.5 release, Oracle SQL Developer employs the commercial SQL formatting API by Guido Thelen. Oracle SQL Developer supports automatic tabs, code insight, bracket matching and syntax coloring for PL/SQL.
1.5.4, released in March 2009, is a translation release. Languages include Japanese, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Korean.
Components
Oracle SQL Developer product components include:
- OWA (Oracle Web Agent or MOD_PLSQL), is an extension module for the Apache web server, and helps in setting up dynamic web-pages from PL/SQL within Oracle SQL Developer.[2]
Extensions
In addition to the extensions provided by Oracle, third-parties have written extensions to add new features and integrate with other products:[3]
- New features
- GeoRaptor, Geospatial data viewer
- Insider, Collect statistics for a single Oracle instance and display in real time
- Schema Visualizer allows you to create fully featured Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)
- Integration with other Oracle products
- SQL Developer Data Modeller, a separate (but integrated) free[4] counterpart of SQL Developer, operates with and models metadata.[5]
- Integration with other commercial products
- Red Gate Schema Compare for Oracle (compare and synchronise Oracle schemas)
- OrindaBuild (produces Java Web Service code to run your existing PL/SQL and SQL statements)
- Hotsos Profiler
- Digger (trace analyzer)
- SVCO Extension (integrated version control solution for Oracle database server schema objects)
History
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| Version | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Releases prior to 1.0 | Prior to version 1.0, Oracle Corporation labeled the product Raptor | |
| 1.0 | March 2006 | The first release |
| 1.1 | ||
| 1.2.1 | ||
| 1.5 | ||
| 1.5.1 | June 2008 | |
| 1.5.3 | December 2008 | |
| 1.5.4 | March 2009 | |
| 1.5.5 | July 2009 | |
| 2.1 RC1 | December 2009 | |
| 2.1 Patch 1 | March 2010 |
See also
References
- ^ "Oracle SQL Developer certifications". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ Murray, Chuck (2007). "1 SQL Developer Concepts and Usage: OWA Output Pane". Oracle Database SQL Developer User's Guide Release 1.1. Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
OWA (Oracle Web Agent) or MOD_PLSQL is an Apache (Web Server) extension module that enables you to create dynamic Web pages from PL/SQL packages and stored procedures. The OWA Output pane enables you to see the HTML output of MOD_PLSQL actions that have been executed in the SQL Worksheet.
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"Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler: Pricing FAQ". Oracle Corpopration. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
Is Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler free? Yes.
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Chuck, Murray (2009). "Data Modeler Concepts and Usage" (PDF). Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler User’s Guide Release 2.0. Oracle Corporation. p. 1-1. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
SQL Developer Data Modeler is a data modeling and database design tool that provides an environment for capturing, modeling, managing, and exploiting metadata.[...] SQL Developer Data Modeler is a for-cost option of SQL Developer that requires a separate license. However, a free viewer (read-only) version is also available [...]
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Bibliography
- Harper, Sue (October 20, 2009), Oracle SQL Developer 2.1 (1st ed.), Packt Publishing, p. 496, ISBN 1847196268, retrieved 2010-01-13
- Hotka, Dan (October 10, 2006), Oracle SQL Developer Handbook (1st ed.), McGraw-Hill, p. 230, ISBN 0071484744, retrieved 2010-01-13