Oracle IDE to visually = wizard (not writing sql) create views? any names? (eg like toad)
SQL Server Management Studio = can create views visually for sql server what is same for oracle
Have you tried SQL Developer?
Once installed and connected - try the following.
1) Right click on Views icon
2) New View
3) Click Advanced check box
4) Interface appears which allows you select tables, where clauses etc.
EDIT: Just thought I would point out that the above allows the use of a "wizard" type interface to create a view. Not sure if that meets your requirement of "Visual"
Want a purley visual experience? Try DeZign for Databases by Datanamic. I haven't purchased the tool, but after an initial evaluation I'm wanting it. It lets you drag and drop items onto a visual designer and then generates the DDL for you.
A little late, by here's an online designer - WWW SQL Designer
Its mainly for MySQL but nevertheless pretty useful
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I have a model in Azure Analysis Services I'm maintaining through Visual Studio.
The user added some fields to the source table in Snowflake, and I need to pull them into the model.
I right-click on the table and select Table Properties, then go into the Power Query Editor.
I refresh the preview, the new columns appear.
I go to Columns->Choose Columns, the new columns are there and already selected since (Select All Columns) was originally checked. I click OK, then Home->Close & Update.
The SQL statement has changed, I see the new columns listed at the end. I click OK.
Nothing happens. The new columns don't appear in the drop-down in the Tabular Model Explorer, and the model doesn't indicate anything changed.
Obviously I'm missing a step here, would appreciate any guidance folks can provide.
Found the issue -- apparently VS didn't like the alias name the editor was adding to the query. When I simplified the alias to a single word, the update took no problem.
So, I'm kinda new to SQL Developer, but I always heard a lot about it and how it was good. The thing is, my SQL Developer never showed my tables, nor had a "Tables" tab. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but, I've searched everywhere and, wherever I search they simply show that SQL Developer automatically generate the "Tables" tab when you connect. This never happened to me.
One more question, all of a sudden, my SQL Developer toolbars changed and the old ones simply vanished. And, when I say "all of a sudden" I mean it. I closed it and, when I opened, it changed. Also, the buttons doesn't work, none of them.
Your screenshot shows that you have the Data Modeler extension active. All those toolbar buttons are for creating logical data models and ERDs.
It's a little weird as you have a worksheet active, so the worksheet/SQLDev toolbar should be active.
Glad a restart helped.
If this happens again, try Window > Reset Windows to Factory Settings
You're looking at the DBA view. You probably want to be looking at the Connections view. Go to View and choose "Connections". That will bring up the window that contains the tree view that lets you navigate to different object types (like tables) rather than the tree view that lets you navigate to different DBA tasks.
If you are on Windows, try this
View(from the top menu bar) --> Connection(click it)
Clicking on Connection will open the Connection view with all the tables.
I created a database project in VS2010, created the connection to my SQL Server 2008 R2 database and I know it's connected because I can write a SQL command and it works. It even auto-suggests table names as I type.
I want to be able to use SSMS-style things like browse table names & stored procedures, right-click on them and do the tasks.
But I'm not even able to see the tables. I have both Solution Explorer and Schema View on the right side and it shows the whole tree, but not a single table under Schemas >> dbo >> tables.
Here's the schema view
And here is the server explorer view after adding the server.
What am I missing?
if i understand you right, Use server explorer you can find it in VIEW tap OR Click
Ctrl + Alt + S
And connect to your server and database it will show every thing on that database
I am attempting to add a connection to an Oracle database through Server Explorer. The 'Test' Connection' is successful, however whenever I go to view the list of tables / schemas, I can only see the one associated with my login.
I realise this sounds silly, but when I use the same login/password through Toad for Oracle, I am still allowed to browse "All Schemas" to find the tables I want.
Is this possible through Server Explorer? Or do I need to find a specific login for the schema I want to access?
Solution (just so it's here and not just on the OTN forums)
Right-click on connection in Server Explorer
Choose filters
Select the "Dispalyed Schemas" row in the property grid (it should be selected by default)
In the Property/Condition/Value fields, click the "..." button for Value
Pick any schemas you want to see and click Ok.
Conversely, instead of using the dialog that appears after clicking the "..." button, you can list the schemas separated by commas in the Value textbox.
Oracle's way of dealing with users and schemas is different from SQL Server's. So I suspect the default Visual Studio behaviour won't work properly with Oracle.
Have you installed the free Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio? Find them here. If you do that then you can manually add the other schemas to the filter of your main connection. I found instructions in this OTN forum thread:
"highlight the connection node you
want to moidy and choose filters or
right click on the specific connection
node and choose modify then click on
the filters tab to modify the
filters."
I agree this is clunky, and it should be done automatically. I guess there's a limit to how VS can be extended.
I usually create my SQL tables and stored procedures by writing a script inside Visual Studio. This works really well for me except for one simple annoyance: VS puts blue boxes around all the SQL queries and data-manipulation commands. The purpose of these boxes is to draw undue attention to the fact that VS thinks the query can be edited in “Query Builder.”
I don’t want to use Query Builder. I just want a nice, clean script that reflects my fantastic vision of what the DB engine should do. Blast it, Jim, I’m a programmer not a Microsoft Access hobbyist!
I do, however, like the syntax highlighting and source-control integration that VS provides.
So my question is this: How do I turn off the annoying blue boxes?
Open Visual Studio Tools --> options --> Database Tools --> General. Uncheck "Enable DML Markers"
Set the color of the SQL query outline to the same color as the background.