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Oracle SQL Developer

You're reading from   Oracle SQL Developer Learn Database design, development,and administration using the feature-rich SQL Developer 4.1 interface

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785281273
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Susan Harper Susan Harper
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Ajith Narayanan Ajith Narayanan
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with SQL Developer 4.1 FREE CHAPTER 2. Database Connections and SQL Worksheet 3. The Power of SQL Reports 4. Working with PL/SQL 5. SQL Developer for DBAs 6. SQL Developer Accessibility 7. Importing, Exporting, and Working with Data 8. Database Connections and JDBC Drivers 9. Introducing SQL Developer Data Modeler 10. Extending SQL Developer 11. Working with Application Express 12. Working with SQL Developer Migrations 13. Oracle Data Miner 4.1 14. REST Data Services and REST Development Index

The look and feel of SQL Developer

The look and feel of the SQL developer is the visual characteristics of the tool, which again can be customized as per our needs. To do this, go to Tools | Preferences | Environment:

The look and feel of SQL Developer

The preceding screenshot shows the Environment node under Tools | Preferences and the options that you can enable for external files and its dynamic actions on SQL Developer startup. Look and feel has Oracle and Windows options; any change made will prompt for a SQL Developer restart for the changes to reflect.

Once the SQL developer is restarted, the environment's look and feel completely changes like a windows screen, as shown in the following screenshot:

The look and feel of SQL Developer

The Environment node also has two other options, Local History and Log.

Local History controls the number of days to keep the file history and number of revisions per file:

The look and feel of SQL Developer

The Log option enables us to set the required colors for the logs such as hyperlink, program output, error, and input colors:

The look and feel of SQL Developer
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