

Like SOSL, it cannot search across multiple objects but it does support nested queries. It can search a record on a given criterion only in single sObject. I don’t think I’ll ever learn to love PL/SQL Developer ( or any other Oracle IDE for that matter), but at least this sort of thing makes life a little more bearable.This is Salesforce Object Query Language designed to work with SFDC Database. When you next open the Reports menu, you should see your new report at the bottom of the list.

Make sure that the Report as main menu item checkbox is checked then click OK. In the Configure Reports dialog box, click on the yellow folder icon and navigate to where you saved your. Adding the Report to the Menuīack at the main menu, select Tools / Configure Reports…

There are a (bewildering) number of configuration options for the report, but I’m quite happy with the default output so I simply have to save the report in a file with a. SELECT object_owner, object_name, object_type,Ĭreate_flag, read_flag, update_flag, delete_flag The end result is a query that looks like this : Both of the variables are mandatory, and both should be converted to uppercase. In my case, I want to give my variables a name that will show up when the user is prompted to enter them at runtime. The way you name and define these parameters is a little different however. This is where you type in your SQL statement.Īs with SQL*Plus, any runtime parameters are prefixed by an ‘&’. In PL/SQL Developer, go to File / New/ Report Window. The answer to my problem – the PL/SQL Developer custom report. Now, I wanted a way of displaying the information held in my CRUD application without having to go to the trouble of typing the statement in each time. Not being a Microsofty, I’ve found it a bit limiting when compared with SQLDeveloper, which allows some fairly significant add-ons by the simple application of a bit of XML.ĭon’t get me wrong, I quite like PL/SQL Developer, not least because it allows you to run SQL*Plus scripts pretty much unedited. Having played around with PL/SQL Developer, one of the frustrations I’ve found is that the extensibility of the tool relies on you being able to create dlls.
