Accelerate Your Oracle Development

KeepTool is the perfect companion for Oracle database application development, helping you stay productive at every stage of the software development lifecycle — from data modeling and database programming to software testing and maintenance.

Our tools make it easy to quickly understand and work with legacy databases, while giving you the power to perform in-depth data analysis and performance tuning with confidence.

If you’re developing database applications, chances are that within just a few days KeepTool will become an indispensable part of your workflow. It not only boosts productivity but also improves the overall quality and reliability of your work.

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Managing Database Objects

Oracle application developers frequently work with database objects such as tables, views, and PL/SQL program units. With Hora, developers can manage these objects interactively and efficiently—without having to write every statement manually.

Key Capabilities

  • Interactive Object Management: View, create, and modify database objects such as tables, views, sequences, indexes, and PL/SQL logic.

  • Permission Control: Easily grant or revoke object-level privileges and manage synonyms for streamlined access.

  • Dependency Tracking: Visualize relationships and dependencies between database objects to better understand impact and structure.

  • DDL Generation & Comparison: Generate DDL scripts for existing objects, compare versions, and validate schema changes.

Benefits for Developers

With Hora’s database object management, Oracle developers can:

  • Accelerate development by managing objects directly in a user-friendly interface.

  • Reduce errors by visualizing dependencies before making changes.

  • Simplify collaboration with automatically generated DDL scripts.

  • Maintain consistency by comparing object definitions and tracking schema changes.

By combining ease of use, control, and transparency, Hora helps application developers work more productively with Oracle database objects.

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PL/SQL Programming

Build, test, and troubleshoot PL/SQL faster in a streamlined workflow. In Hora, you can edit, compile, test, and debug PL/SQL code without juggling multiple tools.

Key Capabilities

  • Productive Editing & Compile: Work in a convenient editor with syntax highlighting and one-click compile.

  • Actionable Error Feedback: View compiler messages and highlighted error locations directly in the source.

  • Instant Test Harness: Auto-generate an anonymous PL/SQL block that acts as a call interface for rapid testing.

  • DBMS_OUTPUT Capture: Collect and review DBMS_OUTPUT messages alongside your code for easier diagnostics.

  • Step-Through Debugging: Debug code step by step while tracking the current source position and inspecting local variable values.

Benefits for Developers

  • Faster Iteration: Move from edit to compile to run in seconds.

  • Fewer Context Switches: Test and debug inside the same environment.

  • Higher Code Quality: Spot issues quickly with precise error highlighting and real-time output.

  • Confident Changes: Validate procedures and functions using the generated test block.

By combining editing, testing, and debugging in one place, Hora helps Oracle developers deliver robust PL/SQL faster—with less friction and more confidence.

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SQL Query Generation

Writing SQL by hand can be repetitive and error-prone. With Hora, developers can generate SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements instantly, reducing manual effort and ensuring correct syntax.

Key Capabilities

  • Drag-and-Drop Generation: Drag a table or view icon into the code window and choose from context menu options to create DML statements automatically.

  • Context-Sensitive Menus: Right-click a table name in the code window to quickly generate SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.

  • Procedural Object Support: Apply the same approach to PL/SQL procedures and functions—Hora generates the correct call syntax for you.

  • Interactive Query Builder: For queries spanning multiple tables, use the visual query builder to design joins and generate SQL in either ANSI or Oracle-native syntax.

Benefits for Developers

With Hora’s SQL generation features, Oracle developers can:

  • Save time by generating boilerplate DML code instead of writing it manually.

  • Reduce errors with syntax automatically tailored to the object type.

  • Quickly create test queries or sample code for debugging.

  • Standardize code across the team with consistent query generation.

By combining automation, accuracy, and flexibility, Hora helps application developers work more efficiently with SQL and PL/SQL.

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Browsing and editing data

Application developers often need to explore and manipulate data interactively during development, testing, or troubleshooting. The Data Content Browser in Hora provides a powerful, user-friendly interface for working with Oracle data.

Key Capabilities

  • Flexible Data Filtering: Apply both SQL filter expressions and Query by Example (QBE) for quick and intuitive data selection.

  • Visual Grouping & Aggregation: Group records by key values and calculate sums or totals directly in the grid.

  • Master/Detail Navigation: Seamlessly move between master and detail tables by following foreign key constraints, with automatic lookups for related values.

  • Reusable Work Sets: Save your table views into work sets that can be reloaded for later analysis.

  • Data Migration Scripts: Generate INSERT, UPDATE, and MERGE scripts to transfer or synchronize data with other databases.

Benefits for Developers

With the Data Content Browser, Oracle developers can:

  • Analyze and filter data interactively without writing complex queries.

  • Better understand data relationships through master/detail navigation.

  • Save time by reusing predefined work sets.

  • Easily prepare scripts for moving or synchronizing data across environments.

By combining analysis, navigation, and script generation, Hora’s Data Content Browser helps developers work more productively with live Oracle data.

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Schema Health

Maintaining a healthy schema is critical for ensuring reliable applications and smooth deployments. Hora’s Schema Page provides developers with an instant overview of schema integrity and potential problem areas.

Key Capabilities

  • Error & Constraint Monitoring: Identify PL/SQL compilation errors, disabled or invalidated constraints, and unusable indexes at a glance.

  • Trigger & Policy Checks: Detect disabled triggers and review active database policies that may affect application behavior.

  • Storage Insights: Monitor tablespace utilization to avoid storage bottlenecks and performance issues.

  • Privilege Transparency: View a cross-table matrix of object privileges granted to roles and users for better security awareness.

  • Detailed Drill-Downs: Navigate from the overview into detailed object-level views to quickly analyze and resolve issues.

Benefits for Developers

With Hora’s Schema Health tools, Oracle developers can:

  • Proactively spot and fix schema issues before they impact applications.

  • Improve deployment quality by resolving invalid objects and constraints.

  • Maintain secure and well-structured schemas with clear privilege mapping.

  • Gain full visibility into schema health for faster troubleshooting.

By combining overview and detail, validation and transparency, Hora enables developers to keep Oracle schemas reliable, secure, and ready for production.

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