Oracle SQL Developer

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Oracle SQL Developer
Developer(s) Oracle Corporation
Initial release2005;20 years ago (2005) [1]
Stable release 24.3.1.347.1826 (December 16, 2024;9 months ago (2024-12-16) [2] ) [±]
Written in Java
Platform Java SE
Type SQL Integrated development environment
License Proprietary [3]
Website www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/

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.

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History

The SQL Developer product was initially created in response to a large invoice sent from Quest Software to Oracle Corporation over the use of Quest's TOAD product within Oracle's consulting group - Quest claimed that Oracle used the tool far more extensively than their license allowed for.

Larry Ellison personally called the lead developer during lunch early in 2006, stating that the payment just made to Quest in response to this (per Oracle's view) unwarranted license charge would be the last time Oracle paid the company for TOAD, and the developer was instructed to build a product that could replace it. [4]

The initial release of SQL Developer was quickly put together, and released to Oracle internally immediately.

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. [5]

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. [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. [6]

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: [7]

Integration with other Oracle products

History

Oracle SQL Developer versions [12]
VersionRelease DateDescription
Releases prior to 1.0Prior to version 1.0, Oracle Corporation labeled the product "Raptor"
1.0March 2006The first release
1.1December 2006
1.2.1August 2007
1.5April 2008
1.5.1June 2008
1.5.3December 2008
1.5.4March 2009
1.5.5July 2009
2.1 RC1December 2009
2.1 Patch 1March 2010
3.0March 2011
3.1February 2012
3.2August 2012 APEX listener administration; UI enhancements; 12c database support; bug fixes [13]
4.0December 2013
4.0.1February 2014
4.0.2May 2014
4.0.3September 2014
4.1.1June 2015
4.1.2October 2015Requires Java 8
4.1.3December 2015
4.1.5September 2016 [14]
4.2.0April 2017 [15]
17.2July 2017 [16] New version numbering system with year.quarter used. [16]
17.4Dec 2017 [17]
18.1April 2018 [18]
18.2July 2018 [19]
18.3October 2018 [20]
18.4January 2019 [21]
19.1April 2019 [22]
19.2August 2019 [23]
19.4December 2019 [24]
20.2June 2020 [25]
20.4January 2021 [26]
20.4.1February 2021 [27]
21.2August 2021 [28]
21.4December 2021 [29]
21.4.2January 2022 [30]
22.2June 2022 [31] Requires Oracle Java 11
22.2.1September 2022 [32]
23.1April 2023 [33]
24.3October 2024 [34] Requires Oracle Java 17
24.3.1December 2024 [35]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, 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.
  2. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer Downloads" . Retrieved April 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ OTN SQL Developer License
  4. ↑ This was witnessed personally by the group of Oracle employees that were sitting at the table, including myself.
  5. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer certifications". Oracle Corporation. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  6. ↑ Murray, 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.
  7. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer - Extensions Exchange". oracle.com. July 2013. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  8. ↑ Chuck, 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 [...]
  9. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler: Pricing FAQ". Oracle Corpopration. September 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10. Is Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler free? - Yes.
  10. ↑ Murray, 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)
  11. ↑ "Oracle Data Miner".
  12. ↑ "Oracle SQL Developer". Oracle Corporation. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  13. ↑ "SQL Developer 3.2 New Features". Oracle Technology Network. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  14. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 4.1.5". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  15. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 4.2". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  16. 1 2 Oracle SQL Developer 17.2 Release Notes
  17. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 17.4". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  18. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.1". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  19. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.2". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  20. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.3". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  21. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 18.4". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  22. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 19.1". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  23. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 19.2". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  24. ↑ "SQL Developer Release Notes 19.4". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  25. ↑ "SQL Developer 20.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  26. ↑ "SQL Developer 20.4 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  27. ↑ "SQL Developer 20.4.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  28. ↑ "SQL Developer 21.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  29. ↑ "SQL Developer 21.4 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  30. ↑ "SQL Developer 21.4.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  31. ↑ "SQL Developer 22.2 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  32. ↑ "SQL Developer 22.2.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  33. ↑ "SQL Developer 23.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  34. ↑ "SQL Developer 24.3 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  35. ↑ "SQL Developer 24.3.1 Release Notes". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 2025-04-14.

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