Print text in Oracle SQL Developer SQL Worksheet window

Question

I am using Oracle SQL (in SQLDeveloper, using the SQL Worksheet). I would like to print a statement before my select, such as

PRINT \'Querying Table1\';
SELECT          


        

Answer 1

The main answer left out a step for new installs where one has to open up the dbms output window.

Then the script I used:

dbms_output.put_line('Start');

---

Another script:

set serveroutput on format wrapped;
begin
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('jabberwocky');
end;

Answer 2

for simple comments:

set serveroutput on format wrapped;
begin
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('simple comment');
end;
/

-- do something

begin
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('second simple comment');
end;
/

you should get:

anonymous block completed
simple comment

anonymous block completed
second simple comment

if you want to print out the results of variables, here's another example:

set serveroutput on format wrapped;
declare
a_comment VARCHAR2(200) :='first comment';
begin
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(a_comment);
end;

/

-- do something


declare
a_comment VARCHAR2(200) :='comment';
begin
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(a_comment || 2);
end;

your output should be:

anonymous block completed
first comment

anonymous block completed
comment2

Answer 3

PROMPT text to print

Note: must use Run as Script (F5) not Run Statement (Ctl + Enter)

Answer 4

You could put your text in a select statement such as...

SELECT 'Querying Table1' FROM dual;

Answer 5

If you don't want all of your SQL statements to be echoed, but you only want to see the easily identifiable results of your script, do it this way:

set echo on

REM MyFirstTable

set echo off

delete from MyFirstTable;

set echo on

REM MySecondTable

set echo off

delete from MySecondTable;

The output from the above example will look something like this:

-REM MyFirstTable

13 rows deleted.

-REM MySecondTable

27 rows deleted.

Answer 6

You could set echo to on:

set echo on
REM Querying table
select * from dual;

In SQLDeveloper, hit F5 to run as a script.