Oracle Sql Developer Tips And Tricks

Use Oracle SQL Developer like a Pro: Learn the features & tricks that will help you be the most admired SQL developer

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.5

- You will take advantage of many useful features that will make you more effective and efficient at work
- You will learn a lot of tricks and enjoy being seen as an SQL Developer expert
- You will learn how to create and share beautiful and interactive reports

What you'll learn

You will take advantage of many useful features that will make you more effective and efficient at work
You will learn a lot of tricks and enjoy being seen as an SQL Developer expert
You will learn how to create and share beautiful and interactive reports
You will learn how to Install and customize SQL Developer in a way that works and feels best for you
You will learn how to take full advantage of all the basic features of the tool

* Requirements

* You will need a computer running Windows
* Linux or Mac OS
* in which you have the necessary privileges to install and run new programs
* Ideally you should have an Oracle database you can connect to
* so that you can test all the tips and features demonstrated in the course
* but it is not strictly necessary.

Description

Oracle SQL Developer is currently the most popular tool among database developers and Oracle SQL learners, however, since it makes it so easy to start firing commands and querying a database, many people don't feel the need to investigate its features, and end up using only what is obvious, visible, and enabled by default.

If you are one of them, this course will help you get out of that group and start using Oracle SQL Developer more smartly.

Even if you have some time using the tool and are currently using some of its features, there's most likely something in this course that you don't know and can be helpful to you.

Learn the features that can help you work with your Oracle database better and faster:

  • Install and customize SQL Developer in a way that works and feels best for you.

  • Take full advantage of the most useful features of the tool.

  • Create and share beautiful and interactive reports.

  • Take advantage of features that will make you more effective and efficient at work.

  • Learn a lot of tricks and enjoy being seen as an SQL Developer expert.


All Oracle SQL Developer features are free. Take advantage of them:

This course was created because there appears to be a pattern among Oracle SQL courses and the database community in general: “If you are able to install it and connect to a database, you are good to go".

What's more: Experience shows that even developers who are already working with Oracle databases as part of their job, tend to not look for ways to work faster in SQL Developer, and usually only investigate features they don't currently use when it is strictly necessary for their jobs.

The goal of this course is to fill the gap most SQL courses leave about this great tool so that it can serve as a foundation if you are planning to learn Oracle SQL, and also to help you take advantage of the tool's features if you are already working with Oracle databases as part of your job, so that you can be more efficient and productive, and thus, stand out.


Content and Overview:

The course includes more than 3 hours of content and covers many of the most useful features of SQL Developer.

There is usually one lecture per feature, so, if for any reason you are not interested in any of the included tips, you can simply skip it, and go directly to the one you want to learn about.

The course content will continue to be updated over time, to make sure you always know about the most important features available to you, as new versions of Oracle SQL Developer are released.

Learn these tips and apply them to your work, and you will not only be well prepared to work more smartly and efficiently, but will also enjoy being seen as an experienced and knowledgeable developer by your friends and peers.


Who this course is for:

  • Application or database developers already working with Oracle databases who want to do their job in a smarter way and stand up from the competition.
  • Aspiring application or database developers looking to work with Oracle databases.
  • Anyone taking or planning to take Oracle SQL or PL/SQL courses.
  • College/University students who need to learn and use SQL for Oracle to pass their database-related courses.

Course content

7 sections • 45 lectures

Course Structure and How to Take Advantage of it Preview 02:09

What this course IS and IS NOT Preview 02:14

Reminder: You need an Oracle Database Already Installed! Don’t have one? Preview 00:22

Downloading and installing SQL Developer Preview 04:22

In this lecture you learn how to download and install Oracle SQL Developer. If you already know how to do it, you can safely skip this lecture.

Introduction (SDB) Preview 00:48

User Interface Basics Preview 03:25

Creating and Organizing Database Connections Preview 06:23

Working with the Worksheet Preview 04:58

Working with the Results’ Grid Preview 05:20

Introduction (UC) Preview 00:40

Changing the Language Preview 03:58

Disabling Features you Don't Need Preview 02:31

Improving the way Data is Displayed Preview 03:16

Advanced Code Formatting Preview 07:13

Navigation Filtering Preview 01:31

Customizing Fonts and Syntax Colors for Eye Comfort Preview 03:49

Introduction (R) Preview 00:57

Predefined Reports Overview and Reports Basics Preview 04:49

User-Defined Reports Basics Preview 06:15

Master-Detail and Drill Down Reports Preview 09:12

Gauge Reports Preview 06:04

Chart Reports Preview 11:09

Exporting and Sharing Reports Preview 07:24

A Final Reports' Trick Preview 08:15

Introduction (MUF) Preview 00:36

Splitting Worksheets and Document Groups Preview 05:55

Exporting data Preview 07:07

Code Templates Preview 03:43

Code Snippets Preview 02:57

Taking Advantage of The Line Gutter Preview 02:23

Performing Local Searches on Your Results Preview 04:21

Testing Program Units Smartly Preview 04:47

Debugging Program Units Smartly Preview 13:15

Finding Database Objects Preview 03:59

Getting Information about a Database Object Preview 03:17

Oracle Folks Love Drag & Drop Preview 04:38

Generating Relational Diagrams Preview 04:37

Navigating Your Code Preview 07:20

Performance Tuning Features Preview 10:52

Displaying Gauges Preview 03:25

Useful Tips and Shortcuts 1 Preview 06:21

Useful Tips and Shortcuts 2 Preview 05:36

Using HTML in SQL and in preferences Preview 05:23

In this lecture you learn how HTML can be used in your code and some of SQL Developer's settings. A pretty cool but mostly unknown feature.

Appendix 1: Installing Oracle Database Express Edition 18c On Windows Preview 11:21

In response to students' feedback, I decided to add this lesson to show you how to download and install the database software on a Windows machine, although having a database already installed is one of the prerequisites of this course.

This lesson is an excerpt from my Oracle SQL course.

Bonus Lecture: Discounts for other courses Preview 01:02

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