About Browsing
You can browse online or offline databases:
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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.
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Browse offline database objects using the Applications Navigator. See
Browsing Offline Schemas for more information.
Related topics
Working with the Database
Browsing Databases
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