Oracle SQL Developer, v 1.1 Evaluation Release 3 (1.1.0.22.71)
New Features List

Date: 6-November-2006
Updated: 4 December 2006

General Sections

Please Note: As this is an evaluation release, not all features are complete.

Features marked with **, have been added since the Evaluation Release 1(1.1.0.21.97)

Focus Area Feature Area Description
Object Navigator Browse Objects Advanced filtering
    Filtering incorporates AND or OR filtering
    Allow sortability through column headings
    Details Tab: Display create date and last DDL for all objects
    Increased search capabilities
    Updated Object Navigator for improved object browsing and navigation
  Column Sequences Can now add sequences with triggers for any column, not just Primary Key
  Database Links View public database links
  Directories View details
  Domain Indexes Create an index on any existing indextype from any accessible schema
  Materialized Views Advanced checkbox: Select statement to be defined declaratively by choosing select items, from objects etc
    Advanced checkbox: Indexing
    Advanced checkbox: Partitioning
    Can index MVs using "New Index"
  Materialized View Logs New UI for creating and editing MV Logs
  Messages Improve Error Display, make more specific to Oracle
    On Compile, display a success message in the status bar
  Package / Object Type Bodies Default skeletal implementation from the spec for "Create Body"
  PL/SQL Added line number toggle to read-only code view
    Compile all invalid objects
    Compile all
    File based PL/SQL support
  Sequences Sequences, Added right-click to alter sequence
  Tables Browse data ( with XMLType columns)
    View CLOB data
    Disable related FK constraints
    Enable related FK constraints
    Triggers tab: Also displays trigger code
  Users Create user with grants and roles etc
    Edit user roles, grants and privileges
  Views Compile Invalid
    Update data in updatable views
  XML Schema Read-only support for XML Schema
PL/SQL Parser updates PL/SQL Parser updates Increased PL/SQL and SQL editing support, including improved parsing capabilities such as the following:
    Fix: FOR UPDATE and ORDER BY clauses can be in either order
    Support for NTile function
    Insert statement support: The syntax supports an optional column list between INSERT and VALUE
    select cast('11-oct-2006' as timestamp) from
Import and Export Import Data Import data from spreadsheet (CSV or XLS format) into a table using SQL Developer
  Export Data Export data for more than one table at a time (with or without DDL)
    Export data to spreadsheet from a table ( to XLS)
    Export to HTML
  Export DDL Export DDL to include drop object
    INSERT data statement for multiple tables
    Option to export 'All My Objects' (expand other users and select check user)
    Option to suppress schema name
Connections Connections Can now Save connection without closing dialog
    Creating Connections Dialog updated
    Save an "empty" connection
    TNS connections don't expand out
    Read-only Third Party connections added for MySQL and SQL Server **
General Search Engines Oracle doc
    Search AskTom
    Search Doc10.2
    Search Doc9i
    Search Forums
    Search Google
    Search Metalink
    Search Oracle
  Performance Ongoing updates to improve performance
  Preferences Added preference to display value instead of NULL values
    Additional user preferences for controlling the SQL Developer environment
    Allow fetch size to be greater than 5000
    Auto-freeze/pin tab
    NLS Date Format & other NLS parameters
    Open SQL worksheet on connect
    Redirect profile away from default User Home
    Set default path for file execution
    SQL Array Fetch size
    Object Viewer Parameters: Additional parameters to control DDL on the SQL tab
    Update NLS parameters
    Share user defined reports
  Menu Added External Tool (Defaults)
    Added other External Tools
    F3 assigned to Find Next
    Schema diff -(Is not functional in build 1.1.0.22.71)**
SQL Worksheet Data Grids Added duplicate record button
    Added single record "pivot" to view and edit one record at a time
    Allow columns to be reordered in SQL Worksheet and recall previous order
    Calendar prompt for date fields in table data editor
    Context Menu on grids
    Count Rows with filter
    Improved data grid navigation
    Auto resize column widths (on context menu on the data grid and column header)
  Query Builder Create basic query
    Run query to test data
    Transfer SQL to SQL Worksheet
  Snippets Create new category
    Create new snippet
    Make Snippets manageable by the user, edit snippets
  SQL Worksheet Added BLOB support in SQL Worksheet and Reports
    Added file browsing support
    Additional SQL statement formatting in the SQL Worksheet
    Allow for report and form view of SQL query results in the worksheet
    Better support for displaying output of ref cursors
    CLOB, xml, cursor support
    Describe a table using a short cut key
    Name the tabs: set worksheetname 'MyTab Name'
    Ongoing expansion of SQL*Plus support
    Pause long running script
    Resume paused script
    Select entire row by selecting rownum
    Set pause off
    Support for Times Ten
    Support for XQuery in the SQL Worksheet
    Updatable views should allow insert, update and delete as for tables.
    Update look of Explain Plan
    Code insight on table alias
  SQL Plus Commands Autotrace
    Host
    Pause
    Echo
    Feedback
   

Term

    Timing
    XQuery
    Errors
    User
  Tuning Autotrace support
    Improved explain plan support
Reports Reporting Allow for Import and Export of user defined reports
    Database Session Browsing through master - detail reports
    Export all reports
    Import all reports
    Increased right click actions
    Kill Session
    SQL Reporting
    Trace Session
  User Defined Reports Charting (select group,series,data from table)
    Copy shipped reports and paste as user defined reports
    Create & Run chart report
    Create & Run master detail reports
    Create a report using a script
    Create a report with plsql-dbms_output
e.g. begin dbms_output.put_line('<h1>hello</h1>'); end;
    Create a reports with code ( e.g. select text from user_source where rownum < 100 )
    Click through user defined reports
    Define prompt for bind var
    Drill down links
    Creating a User Defined Report, allow user to browse and bring in a file to populate the SQL
    Share User defined reports
    Increase the size in the SQL area for user defined reports
    Open user defined reports created in 1.0
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