Oracle SQL Developer
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Oracle SQL Developer is an Integrated development environment (IDE) for working with SQL in Oracle databases. Oracle Corporation provides this product free; it uses the Java Development Kit.
Contents
• Features
• History
• See also
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Features
Oracle SQL Developer supports Oracle products. In the past a variety of third-party plugins were supported which users were able to deploy to connect to non-Oracle databases. Oracle SQL Developer worked with IBM Db2, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase Adaptive Server, Amazon Redshift and Teradata databases.cite-ref-orasqldevcert-4-0[4]
Oracle SQL Developer supports automatic tabs, code insight, bracket matching and syntax coloring for PL/SQL.
Future versions of Oracle SQL Developer will use Visual Studio Code.cite-ref-next-1-1[1]
Components
Oracle SQL Developer product components include the OWA (Oracle Web Agent or MOD_PLSQL), an extension module for the Apache web server, and helps in setting up dynamic web-pages from PL/SQL within Oracle SQL Developer.cite-ref-5[5]
Extensions
In addition to the extensions provided by Oracle, third parties have written extensions to add new features to SQL Developer and to integrate with other products:cite-ref-6[6]
Integration with other Oracle products
• SQL Developer Data Modeler operates with and models metadata.cite-ref-7[7] Prior to SQL Developer version 3, it constituted a separate (but integrated) freecite-ref-8[8] counterpart of SQL Developer. As of SQL Developer version 3 modeling became an integrated part of the overall tool. "Data Modeler" can produce (among other outputs) .dmd files.cite-ref-9[9]
• Data Minercite-ref-10[10]
History
| Version | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Releases prior to 1.0 | | Prior to version 1.0, Oracle Corporation labeled the product " Raptor " |
| 1.0 | March 2006 | The first release |
| 1.1 | December 2006 | |
| 1.2.1 | August 2007 | |
| 1.5 | April 2008 | |
| 1.5.1 | June 2008 | |
| 1.5.3 | December 2008 | |
| 1.5.4 | March 2009 | |
| 1.5.5 | July 2009 | |
| 2.1 RC1 | December 2009 | |
| 2.1 Patch 1 | March 2010 | |
| 3.0 | March 2011 | |
| 3.1 | February 2012 | |
| 3.2 | August 2012 | APEX listener administration; UI enhancements; 12c database support; bug fixes [ 12 ] |
| 4.0 | December 2013 | |
| 4.0.1 | February 2014 | |
| 4.0.2 | May 2014 | |
| 4.0.3 | September 2014 | |
| 4.1.1 | June 2015 | |
| 4.1.2 | October 2015 | Requires Java 8 |
| 4.1.3 | December 2015 | |
| 4.1.5 | September 2016 [ 13 ] | |
| 4.2.0 | April 2017 [ 14 ] | |
| 17.2 | July 2017 [ 15 ] | New version numbering system with year.quarter used. [ 15 ] |
| 17.4 | Dec 2017 [ 16 ] | |
| 18.1 | April 2018 [ 17 ] | |
| 18.2 | July 2018 [ 18 ] | |
| 18.3 | October 2018 [ 19 ] | |
| 18.4 | January 2019 [ 20 ] | |
| 19.1 | April 2019 [ 21 ] | |
| 19.2 | August 2019 [ 22 ] | |
| 19.4 | December 2019 [ 23 ] | |
| 20.2 | June 2020 [ 24 ] | |
| 20.4 | January 2021 [ 25 ] | |
| 20.4.1 | February 2021 [ 26 ] | |
| 21.2 | August 2021 [ 27 ] | |
| 21.4 | December 2021 [ 28 ] | |
| 21.4.2 | January 2022 [ 29 ] | |
| 22.2 | June 2022 [ 30 ] | Requires Oracle Java 11 |
| 22.2.1 | September 2022 [ 31 ] | |
| 23.1 | April 2023 [ 32 ] | |
| 24.3 | October 2024 [ 33 ] | Requires Oracle Java 17 |
| 24.3.1 | December 2024 [ 34 ] | |
See also
References
cite-note-next-11. citerefsmith2022Smith, Jeff (24 October 2022). "What's Next for Oracle SQL Developer? A quick, sneek-peek". That Jeff Smith. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
cite-note-21. "Oracle SQL Developer Downloads". Retrieved April 14, 2025.
cite-note-32. OTN SQL Developer License
cite-note-orasqldevcert-44. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer certifications". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
cite-note-55. ↑ citerefmurray2007Murray, Chuck (September 2007). "1 SQL Developer Concepts and Usage: OWA Output Pane". Oracle Database SQL Developer User's Guide Release 1.1. Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 2009-02-04. OWA (Oracle Web Agent) or MOD_PLSQL is an Apache (Web Server) extension module.
cite-note-66. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer - Extensions Exchange". oracle.com. July 2013. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
cite-note-77. ↑ citerefchuck2009Chuck, Murray (June 2009). "Data Modeler Concepts and Usage" (PDF). Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler User’s Guide Release 2.0. Oracle Corporation. p. 1-1. Retrieved 2010-03-12. SQL Developer Data Modeler is a data modeling and database design tool that provides an environment for capturing, modeling, managing, and exploiting metadata.[...] SQL Developer Data Modeler is a for-cost option of SQL Developer that requires a separate license. However, a free viewer (read-only) version is also available [...]
cite-note-88. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler: Pricing FAQ". Oracle Corpopration. September 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10. Is Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler free? - Yes.
cite-note-99. ↑ citerefmurray2011Murray, Chuck (February 2011). "SQL Developer Data Modeler User's Guide". docs.oracle.com. Oracle. Retrieved 2014-12-11. When you save a database design, the structural information is stored in an XML file (with the extension .dmd)
cite-note-1010. ↑ "Oracle Data Miner".
cite-note-113. "Oracle SQL Developer". Oracle Corporation. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
cite-note-124. "SQL Developer 3.2 New Features". Oracle Technology Network. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
cite-note-135. "SQL Developer Release Notes 4.1.5". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
cite-note-146. "SQL Developer Release Notes 4.2". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
cite-note-relnotes172-157. [1] Oracle SQL Developer 17.2 Release Notes
cite-note-168. "SQL Developer Release Notes 17.4". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
cite-note-179. "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.1". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
cite-note-1810. "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.2". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
cite-note-1911. "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.3". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
cite-note-2012. "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.4". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
cite-note-2113. "SQL Developer Release Notes 19.1". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
cite-note-2214. "SQL Developer Release Notes 19.2". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
cite-note-2315. "SQL Developer Release Notes 19.4". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
cite-note-2416. "SQL Developer 20.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
cite-note-2517. "SQL Developer 20.4 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
cite-note-2618. "SQL Developer 20.4.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
cite-note-2719. "SQL Developer 21.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
cite-note-2820. "SQL Developer 21.4 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
cite-note-2921. "SQL Developer 21.4.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
cite-note-3022. "SQL Developer 22.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
cite-note-3123. "SQL Developer 22.2.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
cite-note-3224. "SQL Developer 23.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
cite-note-3325. "SQL Developer 24.3 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
cite-note-3426. "SQL Developer 24.3.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
Bibliography
• citerefharper2009Harper, Sue (October 20, 2009), Oracle SQL Developer 2.1 (1st ed.), Packt Publishing, p. 496, ISBN 978-1-84719-626-2, retrieved 2010-01-13
• citerefhotka2006Hotka, Dan (October 10, 2006), Oracle SQL Developer Handbook (1st ed.), McGraw-Hill, p. 230, ISBN 0-07-148474-4, retrieved 2010-01-13
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