Hi Oracle team,
First of all, thanks for the recent update to SQL Developer for VS Code (v25.2) — the idea of SQL notebooks (.sqlnb) looks great!
However, as a developer who works daily with Oracle 19c and uses VS Code as my main editor, I'm struggling to understand how to actually use this new SQL notebook feature effectively.
Here are some key points where I (and possibly others) need help:
- How do you create a new
**.sqlnb** notebook from scratch?
- There's no clear button or menu for it. Should we just create a
.sqlnb file manually?
- Right-click on connection > new notebook → not documented.
- What is the expected file structure of a
**.sqlnb**?
- If it’s JSON, what’s the schema or required format?
- Any official templates?
- Can we add multiple SQL cells and run them individually like Jupyter?
- Or is the execution still tied to a single editor window?
- Are there keyboard shortcuts or toolbar actions for running individual cells?
- This would help replicate the experience of notebooks in data platforms like Databricks, Azure Data Studio, or Jupyter.
- Where is the documentation?
- The release notes mention the feature but don’t explain its usage.
- I couldn’t find official docs or video demos from Oracle.
Suggestion: It would be great to have a short guide, video, or blog post that walks through the basic usage of SQL notebooks or any new feature.
Thanks again for the continued development — this tool is becoming essential for modern Oracle workflows.
Best regards,
Enmanuel Medrano