Working with DatabaseExplorer


This chapter is composed of :

  1. Introduction
  2. General Commands
    1. Open and Open With
    2. Refresh
    3. Delete
    4. Collapse All and Expand All
    5. Go Into, Back, Forward and Up
    6. Properties
  3. Properties View
  4. Database Connection
    1. Introduction
    2. New Database Connection
    3. Database Connection Update
    4. Database Schema Update
    5. Database Schema DTD Update
    6. Reverse Command

1. Introduction

 

 

2. General Commands

The DatabaseExplorer contains a set of specialized commands.

 

2.1. Open and Open With

 

 

The Open and Open With command have the same behaviour as the workspace commands.

The Open command opens the associated default editor.

The Open With command lets you choose among the associated editors :

Standard file extensions

or EclipseDatabase file extensions

EclipseDatabase file extensions can be managed either with an xml or with their defined extension through a Save Policy Global Preference.

Files opened through these commands are :

 

2.2. Refresh

 

The Refresh command re-reads the file content.

If a Database Connection is re-read, no merge process is performed.

 

 

if a Database Schema is re-read, a merge process is performed.

 

 

2.3. Delete

 

Database Connection files can be deleted.

A dialog will ask you to confirm your deletion.

 

 

2.4. Collapse All and Expand All

The Collapse All command collapses the current node.

 

 

The current node is collapsed.

 

 

The Expand All command expands the current node.

 

 

The current node is expanded.

 

 

2.5. Go Into, Back, Forward and Up

 

 

The Go Into command lets you zoom in to a particular node of your tree.

 

 

The Back command lets you zoom out to the current node of your tree.

 

 

While the Forward command lets you go to the node of your tree where you came from.

 

 

The Up command lets you go to the parent node of your tree.

 

 

2.6. Properties

Each node of your tree has a Properties command.

 

 

This command open a properties page of your current node.

 

 

3. Properties View

 

 

The Window -> Show View -> Properties will open a specialized properties view in your current perspective.

This view displays the current set of properties of a selected Eclipse platform object.

This object could be a resource in your Navigator View, a Java object in your Package Explorer, an opened editor or a selected node in your DatabaseExplorer.