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2020-06-21

2020-06-21

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Oracle

Names Matter

This is one of my favourite quotes: There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.— Phil Karlton IT is my daily life. And this quote is so true. Lately, I’ve been thinking much more than usual about naming, and that names really matter. This led to […]

2020-06-07

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Oracle

utPLSQL for SQL Developer 1.2 – What’s New?

Today I released an update of the utPLSQL extension for SQL Developer. In this blog post, I explain the changes in the latest version 1.2. These are the new features: Download the latest version from GitHub. Debug Test Now you can run one or more utPLSQL tests with the PL/SQL Debugger. To […]

2020-06-06

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Oracle

Bye bye Xtend, Welcome Java

Introduction The utPLSQL extension for SQL Developer was originally written in Xtend. In this blog post I explain why we decided to migrate the project to Java and how we’ve done that. Why Replace Xtend? Xtend is a statically typed, clean language with excellent string templating features and a fine integration into […]

2020-04-26

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Oracle

Syntax Highlighting With SQL Developer

Introduction A customer asked me if it is possible to show unused identifiers in SQL Developer. Since there is no PL/SQL compile warning for that, you might be tempted to say no. But you can always use PL/SQL Cop for static code analysis. Guideline G-1030 deals with variables and constants and guideline […]

2020-04-13

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Oracle

Formatting Code With SQL Developer

Introduction I started using SQL Developer in 2013. Back then version 4.0 was the latest and greatest. But the capabilities of the formatter were disappointing. In 2017 Oracle released version 4.2 with a new formatter and has been improving it ever since. Version 19.2 brought us dynamic JavaScript actions within the parse-tree […]

2019-12-22

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Oracle

Moving to GitHub

Over the years, my blog has become one big mess. It was no longer a blog. It contained product pages, change logs, software downloads, FAQs and even a forum. That was a nice experiment. But now it’s time to move everything that doesn’t belong in my personal blog to another place. A […]

2019-12-21

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Oracle

Update Center for Free SQL Developer Extensions

Introduction In July 2017 Oracle announced to release updates for SQL Developer every quarter. Installing multiple versions of SQL Developer on the same machine is not a problem. Therefore many developers install a new version as soon as it becomes available. On the first start, SQL Developer offers to import the settings […]

2019-12-13

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Oracle

Constants vs. Parameterless Functions

Do you use parameterless PL/SQL functions in your queries? Did you know that this may cause performance issues? In this blog post, I explain why parameterless functions can be the reason for bad execution plans in any Oracle Database. I recently had to analyze this problem in a production system and thought […]

2019-10-24

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Oracle

Integrate SQL*Plus Scripts in SQL Developer

I envy my DBA colleagues when they work with the Oracle Database from the command line in an incredibly efficient way. They just call a series of scripts with some parameters to get the desired information. Everything looks so easy, so smooth, so natural. I’m a developer. Basically a mouse pusher. I […]

2019-07-06

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Oracle

Running utPLSQL Tests in SQL Developer

Introduction In November 2017 Jacek Gebal asked me if I could help to integrate utPLSQL into SQL Developer. In January 2018 we released the first MVP. Tests were executed in a new SQL Developer worksheet showing the result in the script output pane. This was easy to implement and it simplified the […]