SQL Navigator for Oracle 8.0 - User Guide

Create a database object.

Locate and open a database object.

Select DB Object Dialog

Open the selected database object for editing.

Not all database objects can be altered. You may need to drop the object and create a new one.

Show attributes, methods and arguments of the selected procedure, function, package, synonym, table, index or cluster.

Ensure the required database connection is active.

Describe

See also Auto Describe Tool

Rename the selected object.

Rename Object

Remove the selected object from the database.

To disable the Drop command: View | Preferences | General | "Drop" and "Truncate" safety options

(Oracle 10g and later): A recycle bin is available for handling and restoring dropped objects. You can use DB Navigator to retrieve objects dropped from the database. See also Find Recycle Bin Objects Dialog.

Remove the selected object from the database permanently. Do not place the object in the Recycle Bin.

Restore the selected object from the Recycle Bin.

Use DB Navigator to select an object in the Recycle Bin.

You can type a new name for the object in the New Name column if required.

Extract the DDL or other SQL statements that define the selected object or access control. On requesting Extract DDL the SQL Navigator Preferences open: View | Preferences | Extract DDL | General.

SQL Navigator encloses non-alphanumeric and mixed-case object names inside double-quotes

You may like to use DB Navigator to select object(s).

Extract DDL runs as a background task. See Task Manager.

Create a PL/SQL package from the selected Java class stored in the database.

Publish Java to PL/SQL

Import objects from a DMP file.

Import Table

Export objects to a DMP file.

Export Table

Compile/Rebuild the selected object.

Menu Icon	Menu Name	More Information
	Compile/Rebuild	Compile the selected object.
	Compile Dependents	Compile dependents of the selected object. This eliminates the need to find and compile all dependent objects that became invalid when altering a procedure, table, or other structure.
	Compile Dependencies	Compile dependencies of the selected object.

See also Task Manager, Code Editor.

Watch for feedback in the Output Window. If the object compiles with errors, open it in the Code Editor and compile to make use of the Code Editor's error handling facilities.

If the object has been modified, you will need to save it before you can compile it. This is to ensure that the changes in the object have been applied to the database.

Execute the selected stored program and display the results in the PL/SQL Execution Console.

Open the selected object in SQL Modeler.

Scenario Example: Select a table in DB Navigator. Open the table in SQL Modeler. Build a query by selecting and dragging columns.

Execute the SQL query for the selected table object in the Code Editor to view chained rows information.

See Quick Browse, SQL Query Results Data Grid

Execute the SQL query for the selected table object in the Code Editor with Updateable switched on.

See Edit Data, SQL Query Results Data Grid

View and collect statistics, validate structure and list chained rows for database structures such as tables, clusters and indexes.

Analyze Tool

Remove all rows from a table and reset the STORAGE parameters to the values when the table or cluster was created.

See also Task Manager.

To disable the Truncate command: View | Preferences | General | "Drop" and "Truncate" safety options

Oracle allocates space to objects in segments. Segments consist of contiguous sections called extents.

Menu Icon	Menu Name	More Information
	Allocate	Explicitly allocate a new extent for a selected table or index.
	Deallocate	Deallocate unused space at "the end" of a segment and make that space available for other segments within the tablespace.
	Coalasce	Put together discontinuous fragmented extents.

For more information, see the Oracle documentation on the ALTER TABLE and ALTER INDEX commands.

Enable/Disable the selected constraint object.

If a constraint is enabled, Oracle automatically enforces it. If a constraint is disabled, Oracle does not enforce it.

See also Constraint Editor.

See also Task Manager.

Locate objects of type Constraint using Find objects Dialog.

When an object is open in an editing window, and you want to see where that object resides in the schema, you can use Locate in Tree to jump to that object’s node in DB Navigator.

Locate In Tree