Product Features
SQL Navigator
™
THE COMPREHENSIVE PL/SQL SERVER-SIDE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION FOR ORACLE
• Complete Oracle development environment allows users to develop
and debug PL/SQL code, prepare
test data, run stored programs
against the database, and immediately view the results from a single
interface
• Multiple concurrent database sessions enable drag-and-drop development between databases
• Drag-and-drop everything coding
significantly reduces coding time by
allowing users to drag and drop
PL/SQL syntax, SQL functions, column names, and any database
object name into code
• Query Builder feature quickly builds
complex SQL, allowing sorting and
grouping features, a selection criteria
builder, and drag-and-drop editing
• Web development feature enables
developers to convert HTML to
Oracle Web cartridge statements
with a single click
• Oracle 8-specific objects, including
types, type bodies, object tables,
collection types, libraries, and Java
objects can be viewed in the navigator window, offering flexible development options for all environments
Integrated Environment for Efficient PL/SQL Development
The SQL Navigator™ family is a complete solution for PL/SQL server-side
development and management. It provides an integrated environment for developing and testing stored procedures, schemas, SQL scripts, HTML-enabled PL/SQL
stored programs, and more — all from an easy-to-use graphical user interface.
Powerful options such as debugging, application tuning, and integrated code
libraries make rapid, error-free development feasible.
This solution suite was conceived, designed, and developed by Oracle experts
who have hands-on experience with the challenges faced by Oracle developers.
SQL Navigator has set the standard for the complex process of developing, testing,
and managing applications that interface with Oracle databases. Minimizing development steps, SQL Navigator’s easy-to-use interface helps Oracle development and
administration teams achieve unprecedented productivity gains worldwide.
Effortless Data Dictionary Browsing with Complete
Database Object Navigation
SQL Navigator facilitates easy navigation of database structures by showing
database schema objects and their relationships in an intuitive hierarchical interface. For large schemas, users may filter out objects that are not important
to the task at hand, making object location easier. In addition, search utilities
allow users to find specific database objects or user-specified keywords in
source code or stored programs.
High Productivity Coding and Editing
SQL Navigator’s powerful editing tools, including visual object editors and
PL/SQL code editors, eliminate errors and decrease development time. Visual object
editors facilitate creating, copying, and setting parameters for database objects. For
users who want to view code, SQL Navigator can generate either the DDL of code
changes or the complete DDL, enabling whole-object re-creation.
SQL Navigator’s code editors allow users to easily create, modify, and execute
SQL statements, scripts, and stored programs. SQL scripts can be run or modified
with script syntax highlighting, error checking, and support for DBMS_OUTPUT
statements. Allowing full control over execution, SQL Navigator’s code editors
enable developers to find and fix script errors easily. Ad-hoc database queries may
be performed and the results displayed in an output window. They may then be
saved and exported in a variety of formats. For building more complex SQL
queries, a GUI-based Query Builder automates the process with such capabilities as
drag-and-drop table names and column selection.
SQL Navigator
™
THE COMPREHENSIVE PL/SQL SERVER-SIDE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION FOR ORACLE
Integrated Version Control
Using the Microsoft Source Code Control (SCC) API, SQL Navigator integrates
seamlessly with commercial version control systems such as Clear Case, Star Base,
Microsoft Source Safe, Merant and others. This enables team-based programming and
maintains the integrity of the development process while enhancing development workflow. After registering schema objects with the external version control system,
SQL Navigator’s object editors automatically check the objects out. SQL Navigator
easily identifies registered version schemas with a “V” icon. Virtually transparent to the
user, source code is automatically checked back into the version control system when
the user saves and exits the editor. Both scripts and database objects can be registered
and protected.
SQL Navigator Furthers the Power of Developers
PL/SQL Debugger
The SQL Navigator Debugger module provides a point-and-click method for
eliminating application errors, thus freeing development and testing time for larger
programming concerns. From a procedure editing session, developers can code and
debug programs and triggers line-by-line, as they execute on the server. The Debugger
enables further control over application execution by performing “watches” on any
number of variables and displaying their values as they change during execution. It even
allows the user to change the values. Normal application execution does not have to
change to test other application areas, eliminating the need to write error-trapping logic
into code to identify and fix a bug.
When developers launch a debugging session, an anonymous block is automatically
created and the user is prompted to supply any in or in/out variables. The user has control over the output variables with the option to send it to DBMS_OUTPUT or disregard
it. The user also has the option to apply a commit, rollback or neither at the end of the
debug session. SQL Navigator provides even more flexibility by allowing users to edit
the anonymous block.
The Debugger module allows SQL Navigator to open a debug session for database
objects that are called from external applications, thereby eliminating the need for an
anonymous block. Conditional breakpoints and variable watches round out the
Debugger’s capabilities.
Oracle Web Development
SQL Navigator’s Web Development module provides an integrated development
environment with advanced coding, testing, and debugging of PL/SQL programs for the
Oracle Web server. It includes a Web server syntax tool, an integrated HTML browser,
and context-sensitive help for Web server functions. This allows users to develop
PL/SQL code independent of the Web server and view the HTML in an integrated Web
browser, thereby eliminating the need to switch from their coding environment to an
external browser.
SQL Navigator also streamlines the integration of Oracle data with HTML design,
enabling developers to quickly generate high-impact, dynamic Web pages. With the web
development module, users can convert HTML into Oracle Web cartridge statements
with a single click. Developers can easily import HTML into the stored program editor;
convert to HTP, add PL/SQL to retrieve data from an Oracle database and save as a
stored procedure.
Integration with Knowledge Bases
SQL Navigator features complete integration with the Knowledge Base for Active
PL/SQL Development and the Knowledge Base for Oracle Administration. The knowledge bases are designed to fully anticipate the daily responsibilities of developers. Over
4,500 topics are instantly accessible and include insights, diagrams and examples written
by a host of respected industry authors and experts. Using these resources, you can now
answer 70-80 percent of your daily Oracle technical questions with just a mouse click.
Application Tuning and Expert Advice
SQL Navigator’s Xpert Tuning module supplements Oracle tuning skills for developers, stepping up their application tuning capabilities. The Xpert Tuning module makes
observations about a selected SQL statement and the underlying database environment,
then recommends several options to improve performance. Users can then view the logic
behind the advice, implement the recommendation, apply it to the database, and view
the results. Xpert Tuning automatically produces all necessary SQL to produce the
change. SQL Navigator’s Xpert Tuning module gives developers the expertise necessary
for maximizing database performance.
To identify bottlenecks in stored procedures and packages, SQL Navigator also
features a PL/SQL Profiler (supported for Oracle 8i and higher). The PL/SQL Profiler is
tightly integrated with the Xpert Tuning option, so developers can simply click on the
tuning button within the PL/SQL Profiler to quickly resolve identified bottlenecks caused
by inefficient SQL statements.
Integration with SQL Impact™
Quest Software’s SQL Impact™ complements SQL Navigator by providing impact
analysis, documentation, and auditing to manage the interdependencies between database objects and application source code. SQL Impact determines precisely which components of an application will be affected by structural changes to the database, drilling
down to all lines of affected source code. With SQL Impact, developers can easily execute impact analysis queries against one or more databases to ensure that the changes
won’t negatively impact other applications.
Comprehensive Development & Deployment Solution
SQL Navigator is one element of Quest Software’s complete database development
& deployment solution, which enables developers and DBAs to build, develop, test and
deploy applications faster.
SQL Navigator
™
THE COMPREHENSIVE PL/SQL SERVER-SIDE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTION FOR ORACLE
“SQL Navigator offers everything I’ve
SQL Navigator Configurations
ever wanted in a PL/SQL develop-
Because everyone has different database development needs, we’ve created several
ment environment: customizable
SQL Navigator configurations for you to choose from.
color coding of key words; error highlighting; drag-and-drop everything,
including procedure arguments;
SQL Navigator™ Xpert Edition - Includes all the features and functionality of SQL Navigator
Professional plus Xpert Tuning functionality. Xpert Tuning allows developers to analyze and automatically rewrite inefficient SQL queries.
syntax help for every PL/SQL command; the Web Application Server
commands; an optional PL/SQL
debugger — the list seems endless.”
SQL Navigator™ Professional Edition - Includes all the features of SQL Navigator Standard plus
an integrated PL/SQL debugger for troubleshooting stored database code and the more powerful
Formatter Plus with enhanced code formatting, syntax checking and integration with the
Knowledge Base for PL/SQL Development.
—Thomas B. Cox
Senior Principal Consultant
SQL Navigator™ Standard Edition - Comprehensive PL/SQL development solution for Oracle
TrueNorth Consulting, Inc.
with features including a powerful SQL editor, a stored code editor, an Explorer-like drill-down
database browser and more, all optimized for the PL/SQL developer. SQL Navigator Standard
also includes powerful offline syntax checking and code formatting provided by PL/Formatter.
Supported Platforms
Client
• Pentium PC or higher
• Windows 95/98/2000 or
Windows NT
• 16MB RAM
• 15MB disk space
• Oracle SQL*Net or Net 8
(32-bit only)
Server
• Oracle versions 7.3.4 and higher
• Any hardware platform
For more information on SQL Navigator or other Quest Software solutions,
please call 949.754.8000 or visit us at www.quest.com.
World Headquarters
8001 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
www.quest.com
e-mail: info@quest.com
U.S. and Canada: 949.754.8000
Please refer to our Web site for regional
and international office information.
© 2001 Quest Software, Inc. SQL Navigator and SQL Impact are trademarks of Quest Software. All other brand or product names
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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