About Browsing

You can browse online or offline databases:

Browse online databases by opening JDBC connections accessible in the Connections Navigator.

JDBC connections permit access to PL/SQL objects and blocks and the Java classes that implement those objects. Any database can be browsed, however only Oracle databases permit access to the full range of database objects.

Database connections are shown in the Connections Navigator, under the Database node. Expand the connection to show the database's schemas. By default, the connection only allows the schema of the user identified in the connection to be browsed. Other schemas can be browsed as well, if the user has the required privileges.

Expanding a schema shows nodes for the object types that the schema contains. Expanding the node for an object type show the individual objects it contains. When you have expanded a node as far as it it can be expanded, you can double-click an object (or right-click and choose Open) to display its content. Depending on the type of the object, its structure may also be displayed in the structure pane.

For instructions about how to view online database schema objects, see Browsing Online Database Schema Objects.
Browse offline database objects using the Applications Navigator. See Browsing Offline Schemas for more information.