{"id":7651,"date":"2017-07-11T05:16:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T03:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/?p=7651"},"modified":"2023-11-07T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:21:24","slug":"plscope-utils-for-sql-developer-simplify-the-use-of-plscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/plscope-utils-for-sql-developer-simplify-the-use-of-plscope\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplify the Use of PL\/Scope in SQL Developer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/17\/plscope-utils-utilities-for-plscope-in-oracle-database-12-2\/\">this<\/a>\u00a0post, I showed\u00a0how to do some code analysis with PL\/Scope and how the views and packages of the plscope-utils might simplify this\u00a0task. However, these views and packages are based on dba_* views and it is sometimes not that easy to get such privileges for an additional user in a non-personal\u00a0database instance. To simplify the use of PL\/Scope even more, I thought it would be helpful\u00a0to come up with a solution, which does not require the installation of database components and will work with pre-version 12.2 connections as well. Hence\u00a0I&#8217;ve built my first bundled XML extension for SQL Developer as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PhilippSalvisberg\/plscope-utils\">plscope-utils<\/a> GitHub project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/plscope-utils-for-sql-developer\/\">plscope-utils for SQL Developer<\/a>&nbsp;extends the database navigator tree by a &#8220;PL\/Scope&#8221; node, context menus, detail views for PL\/SQL units and some reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you analyse code with PL\/Scope you have to compile the packages, procedures, functions, triggers, types and synonyms after enabling PL\/Scope in the current session. Using dbms_utility.compile_schema sounds like the right choice, but unfortunately, it is not enough. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.oracle.com\/database\/122\/ARPLS\/DBMS_UTILITY.htm#GUID-A279BC5C-6CF5-4467-931D-0917C984DAB2\">documentation<\/a>\u00a0reveals why: &#8220;This procedure compiles all procedures, functions, packages, views and triggers in the specified schema.&#8221;&#8230; Ah, types and synonyms are not compiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To compile the code with plscope-utils for SQL Developer, right-click on the &#8220;PL\/SQL&#8221; or the connection name node and select the &#8220;Compile with PL\/Scope&#8230;&#8221; option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu.png 401w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu-208x146.png 208w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu-50x35.png 50w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-context-menu-107x75.png 107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 401px, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amend the settings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope.png 474w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope-224x146.png 224w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope-50x33.png 50w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-compile-with-plscope-115x75.png 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 474px, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and press the &#8220;Apply&#8221; button. Maybe it is also a good idea to peek at the SQL statement first, to better understand what exactly will be executed. Maybe you could integrate that part into your installation scripts as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Column Usages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Select a package within the &#8220;PL\/Scope&#8221; node of the Connections window to show the column usage and other details. Please note, that the associated package procedure name is provided as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1034\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages.png 1034w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages-194x146.png 194w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages-50x38.png 50w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-column-usages-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the &#8220;Link&#8221; column to open the&nbsp;PL\/SQL editor at the right line and column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cplscope-utils Reports\u201d folder provides the following reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports.png 284w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports-127x146.png 127w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports-44x50.png 44w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-reports-65x75.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 284px, 284px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;UDF Calls in SQL Statements&#8221; report shows&nbsp;static SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE and MERGE statements within packages, procedures, functions, triggers and types using user-defined function calls. Such calls might be costly, especially when they are accessing data as well. See also Steven Feuerstein&#8217;s post <a href=\"http:\/\/stevenfeuersteinonplsql.blogspot.ch\/2017\/06\/more-122-plscope-magic-find-sql.html\">More 12.2 PL\/Scope Magic: Find SQL statements that call user-defined functions<\/a>. In fact I snitched the idea from Steven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1034\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements.png 1034w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements-194x146.png 194w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements-50x38.png 50w, https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/plscope-utils-udf-calls-in-sql-statements-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download \/ Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You may download plscope-utils for SQL Developer from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/download\/\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/plscope-utils-for-sql-developer\/\">here<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PhilippSalvisberg\/plscope-utils\/releases\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the &#8220;Install From Local File&#8221; option within the &#8220;Check for Updates\u2026 &#8221; dialog to install the previously downloaded zip file or configure the http:\/\/update.salvis.com\/ update site as described at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvis.com\/blog\/plscope-utils-for-sql-developer\/\">plscope-utils for SQL Developer<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this\u00a0post, I showed\u00a0how to do some code analysis with PL\/Scope and how the views and packages of the plscope-utils might simplify this\u00a0task. 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