Oracle SQL Developer

Supplementary Oracle Database Information■■Set the SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR environment variable to specify anotherdirectory path.Edit the /sqldeveloper/jdev/bin/sqldeveloper.conf file andsubstitute the desired directory path for SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIR in thefollowing line:SetUserHomeVariable SQLDEVELOPER_USER_DIRIf you want to prevent other users from accessing your user-specific SQL Developerinformation, you must ensure that the appropriate permissions are set on the directorywhere that information is stored or on a directory above it in the path hierarchy. Forexample, on a Windows system you may want to ensure that the sqldeveloperfolder is not shareable, and on a Linux or Mac OS X system you may want to ensurethat the ~/.sqldeveloper directory is not world-readable.1.12 Using the HelpSQL Developer provides a Help menu and context-sensitive help (click the Helpbutton or press the F1 key in certain contexts).By default, help from the Help menu is displayed on the right side of the window,with the Help Center area on the far right and containing tabs at the bottom. You canuse the Contents, Index, and Search (full-text) tabs or their corresponding Help menuitems. Context-sensitive help is displayed in a separate help window. (To change thedefault help behavior, set SQL Developer Documentation preferences.)For help displayed in the SQL Developer window, you can close individual HelpContent windows by clicking the X next to their tab names (just as with tabs for tablesand other database objects).To print a group of related topics, right-click the associated book icon in the Helpcontents hierarchy and select Print Topic Subtree. For example, to print allintroductory topics, right-click the book icon for SQL Developer Introduction andselect Print Topic Subtree.To print a single topic, display it in the Help Content area and click the Print icon, orright-click its page icon in the Help contents hierarchy and select Print Topic Subtree.The best way to become familiar with the help, and with SQL Developer itself, issimply to experiment with the Help menu options and the Help button in some dialogboxes.Related TopicsSQL Developer User InterfaceSQL Developer Concepts and Usage1.13 Supplementary Oracle Database InformationIn addition to information about SQL Developer, this online help includes conceptualand usage information adapted from some Oracle Database manuals. This informationappears in and under the following major topics, which are top-level books in the helpTable of Contents:■■■Database Objects: Usage InformationData Types: Usage InformationSQL: Usage InformationSQL Developer Concepts and Usage 1-35