Oracle with DBine
How to connect DBine to Oracle and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Oracle driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick Oracle in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
Default port: 1521.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server | Ignored if the connection descriptor is filled in. Example: localhost |
| Port | Example: 1521 |
| Connect via | Options: Service name, SID Default: Service name |
| Service / SID | Example: FREEPDB1 |
| User required | |
| Password | Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files. |
| Role | Options: Normal, SYSDBA, SYSOPER |
| TNS descriptor or alias | Optional. Replaces server, port and service. Accepts a full descriptor, an Easy Connect string (host:port/service) or a tnsnames.ora alias. |
| Read-only | On or off. |
SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.
SSL/TLS
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Encrypt the connection (TLS) | Uses TCPS (the port is usually 2484). On or off. |
Advanced
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| tnsnames.ora folder | Where to look for tnsnames.ora to resolve aliases. Instant Client isn't required. |
| Commit automatically (autocommit) | If off, changes wait for an explicit COMMIT. On or off. |
What the explorer shows
Under the connection: Schemas. Inside each one:
- Tables
- Views
- Materialized views
- Procedures
- Functions
- Packages
- Triggers
- Sequences
- Synonyms
- Types
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New view
- New materialized view
- New procedure
- New function
- New package
- New trigger
- New sequence
- New synonym
- New type
Tools for Oracle
Available
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Server monitor
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Visual designer for new objects
- Rename objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Native bulk load when migrating data
- Users and permissions
- Backups
Not available for Oracle
- Clone tables
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the Oracle driver 0.1.15, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Oracle.