Using SQL*Plus

You can use the SQL*Plus command-line interface to enter SQL and PL/SQL statements accessing the database associated with a specified connection. To display the SQL*Plus command window, from the Tools menu, select SQL*Plus.

To use this feature, the system on which you are using SQL Developer must have an Oracle Home directory or folder, with a SQL*Plus executable under that location. If the location of the SQL*Plus executable is not already stored in your SQL Developer preferences, you are asked to specify its location (see SQL*Plus Location).

If you do not have a SQL*Plus executable on your system, you can execute some SQL*Plus statements using the SQL Worksheet (see SQL*Plus Statements Supported and Not Supported in SQL Worksheet), and you can also use the SQL Developer script runner feature to emulate a limited set of SQL*Plus features (see Script Runner).

For more information about using SQL*Plus, see SQL*Plus: Usage Information.