REPEAT after me, it’s easy to monitor with Oracle SQLcl!
I’ve talked about the REPEAT command before, in fact it was one of my earlier posts on SQLcl, all the way back in 2015! But I’ve found it’s necessary to tell a story multiple times, in multiple ways in...
View ArticleDropping an Oracle table with SQLcl and Liquibase
You’re using Liquibase to manage your Oracle application schemas, and you’re also using SQLcl to make that easier. Now you want to get rid of a table. How can we do that? You’ve probably heard us talk...
View ArticleTAB Completion in SQLcl, your modern command line for Oracle
Our tools have one goal in mind – to make your job, easier. So why type 15 characters, when you can type 3, and just hit the TAB key? If you have one match, tab will auto-complete. If multiple, hit tab...
View ArticleGetting started with the new SALES_HISTORY, 2023 edition
Oracle sample schemas, I know we all have fondness for SCOTT and his pet cat, TIGER! But there are newer schemas out there now, like Human Resources (HR). This collection of sample data was getting a...
View ArticleSQL Worksheet for ANY database in the Oracle Cloud
TL/DR: – we switched out the old SQL Worksheet for the one you see in SQL Developer Web (AKA Database Actions). In November of 2021, we released a new service in the Oracle Cloud (OCI), Database Tools....
View ArticleOracle Database Tools News & Summer Plans
This isn’t a traditional post, no real tips & tricks today. Those will follow, SOON. Nope, today I’m sharing what’s going on with your favorite tools and our Database Tools team. ORDS 23.2 should...
View ArticleOracle SQLcl and REST Data Services 23.2 are now available!
SQLcl Download Release Notes Easier & More Secure Connections You can now SAVE and REUSE connections to your Oracle Database in SQLcl. The big benefits here are SECURITY and EASE-OF-USE. If you...
View ArticleHow to maximize your command line experience with Oracle
Gimme the perfect prompt! What would that look like when working with an Oracle database? In this post I’ll show a few things you can setup and configure with SQLcl to make your fingers “sing!”...
View ArticleOracle SQLcl 23.3 is now Available for download
Download it NOW Happy release day! We’re a bit tardy on our 3rd quarter update, but I’m going to blame corporate red tape and perhaps a bit of Cloud World Hangover. So, what do you need to know? New...
View ArticleSQLcl Liquibase: Physical Properties for Oracle tables
I have an Oracle table, it’s a very simple table, 3 columns. But it has a couple of things that some may find, special. Partitioned, and compressed. When described by our Liquibase changeSet, as...
View ArticleOn relative paths with SQLcl and Liquibase
This question popped twice in the last few days, and that’s always a prompt for me to put together a blog post AND sort our product docs. Here is that blog post. But first, the question – Can we use...
View ArticleSQLcl: How to update your connection passwords
Wait, SQLcl has ‘connections?’ Yes, yes it does! SQLcl Docs: managing connections It means you can store connection definitions locally (or in the Oracle Cloud), complete with usernames and passwords...
View ArticleHow to Import connections from SQL Developer to VS Code
Yesterday was an exciting day, we finally released our Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VS Code! Marketplace | Install Blog Docs Forum One of the first things you need to do to start using the...
View ArticleSQLDev for VS Code: Simple Command Line Integration
It’s fun to watch developers get into heated arguments over VI versus Emacs or what the best dark mode theme is in VS Code, but in database land there’s been a simmering debate over what’s best between...
View ArticleOracle SQLcl: Easy Command Line access to your Database
SQLcl is 9 years old , having made it’s introduction with SQL Developer version 4.1 back in 2015!!! We’ve added a ton of features in that period of time, and we’re continuing to build out even more!...
View ArticleOracle SQLcl version 24.1 is now available!
Download now Release notes And a recent change, our product manager Zachary Talke will start doing the official blog posts annoucning all the things you need to know, here’s that post: Zach’s SQLcl...
View ArticleOracle SQLcl 24.2, connection attempts and -thick -thin
The latest version of SQLcl is available today, that version being 24.2. Our SQLcl product manager, Zachary Talke, has an overview blog post here you can read vs scanning the docs. I want to do a...
View ArticleSQLcl 24.2 Quick Hit: Generating AWR Reports
A new feature for SQLcl 24.2 is the ability to interact with Oracle’s Automatic Workload Repository, also known as AWR. This is an Enterprise Edition (EE) licensed feature requiring the Diagnostic...
View ArticleLet’s build a mini-changeLog for Oracle using SQLcl.
I’m going to give my friend 4 files, that they can take and create in their Oracle Database, a an ITUNES table populated with about ~5k of my songs and a dumb little REST API But wait, what’s the 4th...
View ArticleCopying VS Code Developer Tools connections to SQL Developer
How to migrate your Oracle Developer Tools VS Code Extension connections over to the SQL Developer Extension – with a single bash command, and then some SQLcl connects! You may have noticed the...
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