D53979GC11 Appendix A

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Modeling the Database Schema

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THESE eKIT MATERIALS ARE FOR YOUR USE IN THIS CLASSROOM ONLY. COPYING eKIT MATERIALS FROM THIS
COMPUTER IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: Build Applications with ADF I A - 2
Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the
following:
Describe JDevelopers tool for database modeling
Create a schema model
Modify the schema model
Reconcile the modifications to the database
Import database object definitions to an offline database
Reconcile offline database objects with the database
Lesson Aim
When designing an application to interact with the database, an understanding of the database
schema is essential, along with the ability to modify the schema as needed. This lesson shows
you how to use JDeveloper tools to define a model of a database schema and to use the model to
modify the schema.
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Modeling Database Schemas
With JDevelopers database modeler, you can:
Reconcile changes to the database
Modeling Database Schemas
Offline database object modeling in projects has been extended to provide for:
Index-organized tables
External tables
Partitioned tables and indexes
Materialized (including partitioned and indexed) views and view logs
Object Collections
Triggers
Domain indexes
Storage properties (tablespace and so on)
Auto-generated column values
SXML definition generation
Cross-referencing multiple database objects within or between projects
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Goals of Database Modeling
Database modeling can help you achieve the following goals:
For existing database objects:
Visualize the schema to help analyze whether it meets
requirements.
Make any necessary modifications.
For new database objects:
Design schema to support business requirements.
Generate DDL to create the required database objects.
Why Perform Database Modeling?
Visualizing existing tables in a data diagram can help you understand whether the schema might
need modifications to support the business requirements.
If the tables do not already exist, you can use the same diagrammer to design them and generate
the DDL scripts to create the tables.
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Characteristics of the JDeveloper Database
Modeler
Model existing objects, such as
tables and foreign keys, by
dragging from Database
Navigator
Use Property Inspector to set
properties on diagram and its
objects
Create new objects by
dragging from
Component Palette.
With the JDeveloper Database Modeler you can:
Characteristics of the JDeveloper Database Modeler
Although this course concentrates on working with an existing database schema, it is important
to understand that you also can use JDevelopers database diagrammer to design and create new
tables.
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Database Modeling Tools in JDeveloper
You can work with database objects in the following ways:
Online: Create and modify schema objects directly in a
database through a JDeveloper connection.
Offline:
Model metadata for database objects outside the context of a
database schema.
Import objects from online database.
Generate changes to online schemas.
Diagrammer:
Create and modify objects by dragging from Component
Palette and Database Navigator.
Import objects from offline database model.
Generate changes to online schemas.
Database Modeling in JDeveloper
You can use JDeveloper to work directly with database objects through a database connection.
Alternatively you can work with offline database definitions, which you can subsequently
generate to a database schema.
JDeveloper provides the tools you need to create and edit database objects such as tables and
constraints outside the context of a database. You can create new tables and views and generate
the information to a database, or you can import database objects from a database schema, make
the changes you want and then generate the changes back to the same database schema, to a new
database schema, or to a file that you can run against a database at a later date. Alternatively,
you can use JDevelopers modeling tools to visualize your offline database objects on a diagram.
You can use JDevelopers database diagrammer to design and create new tables as well. You
can import database objects from the offline database into the diagrammer. The diagrammer
allows you to import database objects from online schemas and also generate changes to online
schemas.
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Modeling Database Objects Offline
You can create offline database definitions in the following
ways:
Create new offline database objects
Copy from database with filters
Modeling Database Objects Offline
You can create offline database definitions based on objects that exist in a database schema in
one of the following ways:
Using Drag and Drop: You can drag tables, views, synonyms and sequences from a
database schema onto a database diagram, where they become accessible as offline
database objects.
Using Import with Filters: You can import tables, views, sequences and synonyms from a
database schema to an offline schema where they become available as offline database
objects. You can apply filters in the wizard to display only the objects that you are
interested in, and when there are a large number of objects in the schema you can turn off
auto-query so that the wizard does not refresh every time you type a filter character.
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Creating a New Offline Database
To create a definition for an offline database in which you
can model database objects, perform the following steps:
1. In the Application Navigator, right-click a project and choose
New to display the New Gallery.
2. In the New Gallery, expand Database Tier, and select Offline
Database Objects.
3. Select Offline Database to launch the Create Offline
Database Wizard.
4. In the pages of the wizard, enter properties for the database,
such as its name.
After an offline database is created, you can create various
database object definitions within it.
Creating a New Offline Database
To create an offline database definition, perform the following steps:
1. In the Application Navigator, expand the application and the project you want to work in.
Right-click a project and choose New to display the New Gallery.
2. From the New Gallery, expand Database Tier, and select Offline Database Objects.
3. Select Offline Database to launch the Create Offline Database Wizard.
4. In the pages of the wizard, enter properties for the database, such as its name.
After an offline database is created, you can create various database object definitions within
this database.
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Creating New Schema
Objects in an Offline Database
Create new schema objects in an offline database by using
wizards to define:
Functions
Materialized views and view logs
Packages
Procedures
Sequences
Synonyms
Tables
Triggers
Types
Views
Creating New Schema Objects in an Offline Database
You can create new schema objects in an offline database by invoking one of the New Database
Object wizards and entering the required information.
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Creating a Database Diagram
Creating a Database Diagram
After creating a named connection in the Database Navigator to browse database schema
objects, you can create a database diagram in any JDeveloper project. To create a new diagram,
perform the following steps:
1. Select the project in which you want to create the diagram.
2. Select File > New to invoke the New Gallery.
3. In the New Gallery, expand the General category and select Diagrams.
4. Select Database Diagram from the Items list and then click OK.
5. In the Create Database Diagram dialog box, specify a name for the diagram and optionally
a package name, and then click OK.
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Importing Tables to the Diagram
from an Offline Database
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Importing Tables to the Diagram from an Offline Database
You can import tables from an offline database as follows:
1. In the Offline Database Navigator, select the desired offline object and drag it to the
diagram.
2. A depiction of the offline object appears on the diagram.
When you drag related tables to the diagram, the foreign key relations are also depicted visually.
Offline objects attributes can be modified in the Offline Database Navigator or on the diagram,
and are kept in synch.
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Editing Objects on the Diagram
In-place editing:
Edit Table dialog box:
Editing Objects on the Diagram
There are two ways to edit objects on the diagram:
In-place editing: Click inside the object, such as an attribute, then click it again to put the
text in edit mode.
Double-click the object to invoke the editor, such as the table editor shown in the slide.
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Generating Changes from the Diagram
to the Database
Invoke wizard.
In the wizard:
Select objects.
Specify operation.
Set database options.
Set SQL script options.
SQL script opens in
editor;
right-click to run it.
Generating Changes to the Database
If you created a database diagram, you can right-click the object or objects on the diagram to
generate DDL to create, replace, or alter those objects. From the context menu, select
Synchronize with Database > Generate To > SQL Script. This invokes a wizard where you
specify the object, operations, and SQL script options that you want to use. When you complete
the wizard, the script that it generates opens in the editor, where you can run it.
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Reconciling Changes to the Database
Choosing ALTER with Manual Reconcile enables you to
choose changes to be generated to the database.
Reconciling Changes to the Database
If you choose the Alter operation, the offline objects are compared with the online objects and
DDL is generated to make the online objects match the offline objects. You can optionally
specify that you want to manually reconcile the objects. After the wizard is completed, if you
specified manual reconciliation, an additional dialog box is displayed that enables you to
compare the objects to be generated to the database with the objects in the database, so that you
can choose which changes to generate to the database.
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Generating Changes from the Offline Database
Object to the Database
To generate imported offline database objects to the database:
Right-click the object
in the Applications
Navigator
Select Generate To
Select the JDeveloper
connection, or choose
to create a SQL script
or SXML
Generating Changes from the Offline Database Object to the Database
Whether or not you have created a database diagram, you can generate changes to the database
by right-clicking the database object or objects in the Applications Navigator and selecting
Generate To. You can then select a JDeveloper connection, or you can generate a SQL script or
SXML.
When you choose to generate to a JDeveloper connection as depicted in the slide, or to SQL
Scripts, this also invokes the Generate SQL from Offline Database Objects Wizard. Its pages
enable you to specify whether to create, replace, or alter, and whether to generate a SQL script,
along with script options. If you choose to generate to SXML, an XML file is created and opens
in the editor.
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Importing Database Objects Without a Diagram
You can import database
objects to an offline
database without using a
diagram:
Importing Database Objects Without a Diagram
If you do not want to create a database diagram, you can use the Copy Database Objects to a
Project item in the New Gallery by expanding Database Tier and selecting Offline Database
Objects in the categories list. This invokes the Copy Database Objects to a Project Wizard,
which has the following pages:
Specify Source (shown in the slide): Choose the JDeveloper connection from which to
import.
Specify Target: Select the application and project to import to, and select or create a new
offline database to contain the imported objects.
Object Picker: Select the database objects to import.
Choose Operation: Choose whether to create, replace, or alter offline database objects.
Finish: A summary of the specified import. Click Finish to start it.
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Presenting the Storefront Schema
Presenting the Storefront Schema
The schema used for the course application is a subset of the Fusion Order Demo (FOD)
schema. You can read about how to obtain the Fusion Order Demo in Section 2.2 of the Oracle
Fusion Middleware Fusion Developer's Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework
11g Release 1 (11.1.1).
The main tables that are used in the course application are Persons, Suppliers, Orders, and Order
Items. The application also uses some views, such as Products and ProductCategories.
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
Describe JDevelopers tool for database modeling
Reconcile the modifications to the database
Import database object definitions to an offline database
Reconcile offline database objects with the database
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Practice Overview:
Modeling the Schema for the Course Application
This practice covers the following topics:
Creating a database diagram
Adding existing schema objects to the diagram
Adding a new database object to the diagram
Creating the DDL to add the new object to the database
Practice Overview: Modeling the Schema for the Course Application
(optional)
In this practice, you use the database diagrammer to create a visual representation of the
database schema. You also create a new database component (a table) and create the DDL to add
it to the schema.
This practice may be found in the Optional Practices section of Appendix A.
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