Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1CC51DB6346 for ; Mon, 7 May 2012 11:24:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SROrc-0000Zb-T3 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 May 2012 14:24:37 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SROrM-0007ha-3G for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 May 2012 16:24:20 +0200 Received: from 217.110.94.67 ([217.110.94.67]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2012 16:24:20 +0200 Received: from spam_eater by 217.110.94.67 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 07 May 2012 16:24:20 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org From: Thomas Kellerer Subject: Re: Result Set over Network Question Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 16:25:44 +0200 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <4F9EDACA.4010901@docfocus.ca> <4FA2A42C.9090900@docfocus.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.110.94.67 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090812 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 In-Reply-To: X-Pg-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Archive-Number: 201205/60 X-Sequence-Number: 46884 Robert Klemme, 07.05.2012 15:44: >>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/overview/index.html >> >> SQL Developer does not support PostgreSQL > > Last time I checked (quite a while ago) you could use arbitrary JDBC > drivers. There's also > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E25259_01/appdev.31/e24285/intro.htm#sthref306 > > And this seems to indicate that it's still the case: "[...] or another > third-party driver. [...] > JDBC URL (Other Third Party Driver): URL for connecting directly from > Java to the database; overrides any other connection type > specification." > http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E25259_01/appdev.31/e24285/dialogs.htm#BACDGCIA > > I assume Oracle is not interested in aggressively advertizing this > feature though. That seems to be a documentation bug. I tried it, and it definitely does not work (or I am missing something). Their release notes at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/sqldev31-ea-relnotes-487612.html state: Third Party Databases SQL Developer supports IBM DB2 UDB LUW , Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access, MySQL, Sybase Adaptive Server and Teradata. See Supported Platforms for details on all third party database releases supported. Regards Thomas