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SQL Navigator for Oracle 8.0 - User Guide

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Columns

The Columns window provides an easy-to-use tool to arrange and hide/show columns of the retrieved table in the data grid.

TIP: Run a valid query statement to populate the window.

 

Action Description
Show/Hide columns Show selected columns. Hide deselected columns.
Select column Click on the column's name.
Arrange columns Click Move Up or Move Down.

 

Note: The settings will be saved and taken into account when you refresh or rollback the query. However if you rerun the query, the settings will be set back to default.

Visual Object Editors

SQL Navigator’s editing tools for database objects:

  • Are visual. They give you a graphical representation of a database object definition. This makes it easy to see relationships and properties.
  • Allow you to view database object definitions and create or alter database objects via a point-and-click interface, eliminating the need to remember SQL syntax and write SQL statements manually.
  • Generate the DDL or other database code automatically when you create or alter a database object. You can also and edit the code directly, if needed.

When opened, a visual object editor connects to the active database session (Session Menu | Select).

Object Object Type SQL Navigator Visual Object Editor

Schema

Indexes

Index Editor

Database Links Database Link Editor
Materialized (Snapshot) Views Materialized View Editor
Sequences Sequence Editor

Synonyms
Object Type Editor
Tables Table Editor
Constraints Constraint Editor
Nested tables Nested Table Editor
Clusters Cluster Editor
Varying arrays Varray Editor
Triggers Now in the Code Editor.
Views View Editor

Non-Schema

Users

User Editor

Roles Role Editor
Profiles Profile Editor
Instance properties Instance Property Editor
Redo Log Groups Redo Log Group Editor

Cluster Editor

Use the cluster editor to join tables that are closely related for storing on the same area of the disk. This lets you interleave the rows of two or more tables together into a single area called a cluster.

About Cluster Objects

The cluster key is the column or columns by which the tables are usually joined in a query. You can only cluster together tables that you own.

You can create either an index cluster or a hash cluster. With an indexed table or index cluster, Oracle locates the rows in a table using key values that Oracle stores in a separate index. To use hashing, you create a hash cluster and load tables into it. Oracle physically stores the rows of a table in a hash cluster and retrieves them according to the results of a hash function.

The characteristics and usage of this database object are described in the Oracle documentation.

 

Ways to Open The Cluster Editor

Icon Action Description

From the Main Menu

View Menu | Visual Object Editors | Cluster Editor

Open the Cluster Editor.

From DB Navigator or Find objects Dialog

Right click on a Cluster object and click Open.

Open the selected Cluster object in the Cluster Editor.

Constraint Editor

Use the Constraint Editor to specify table constraints.

About Constraints

In Oracle, a constraint is a rule applied to an object that restricts the data allowed in any instance of the object.

The characteristics and usage of this database object are described in the Oracle documentation.

 

Note:

  • SQL Navigator’s visual constraint editor is intended to be used only for table-related constraints.
  • Once a constraint has been defined and saved to the database, it cannot be altered in the constraint editor. To change the constraint it is necessary to drop it and then create a new constraint with the necessary properties. Use DB Navigator or Find objects Dialog to locate a constraint then Object Menu | Drop to drop the constraint.

 

Using The Editor

Steps To Create A Constraint

  1. Click Create a new constraint to open the New Constraint dialog.

    Field Description
    Parent Schema Select the parent schema for the new constraint.
    Parent Object Select the parent object (table) for the new constraint.
    Name Name the new constraint.

    Constraint Type
    Type Purpose
    Check Specifies a condition that each row in the table must satisfy
    Primary Key Designates a column or combination of columns as a table’s primary key
    Unique Designates a column or combination of columns as a table’s unique key
    Foreign Key Designates a column or combination of columns as the foreign key

  2. More on the Constraint Type.

    Type

    Action

    Check

    Enter the check condition following Oracle syntax conventions. Example: (loc is not null)

    Primary Key

    Designate the column(s) to be used as the Unique, Primary Key, or Foreign key.

    To add columns to the constraint, use the arrow button to move one or more selected columns from the Available Table Columns pane to the Constraint Columns pane. The double arrow adds all available columns to the constraint.

    Unique

    Foreign Key

  3. If the constraint type is Foreign key:
    • Designate the Unique or Primary Key in the Reference field.
    • If desired, select the On Delete Cascade property.

    Note: Before selecting the On Delete Cascade property, be sure you understand the potential consequences of using this option. It could result in lost data. Consult your Oracle documentation for information about the DELETE CASCADE command.

Now the constraint is defined

Icon Tool Tip Description

Generate SQL for changes

Extract the DDL for the new constraint and place it into the Code Editor.

Revert to previous constraint

Undo your entries without saving them.

After saving your changes, you will not be able to use the Revert command.

Apply changes to DB

Save your new constraint definition to the database. SQL Navigator generates the DDL and commits it to the database.

Enable current constraint

This duplicates Enable/Disable Constraint on the Object Menu.

 

Ways to Open The Constraint Editor

Icon Action Description

From the Main Menu

View Menu | Visual Object Editors | Constraint Editor

Open the Constraint Editor.

From DB Navigator or Find objects Dialog

Right click on a Constraint object and click Open.

Open the selected Constraint object in the Constraint Editor.

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