Database tool window

Collapse all the nodes.

All node types

New

Alt+Insert

Create a new data source, role, database, schema, query console, table, column, index, or a primary or a foreign key. The list of options depends on which element is currently selected.

Data sources and their elements. If a DDL data source is selected, you can only choose to create another data source.

Duplicate

Ctrl+D

Create a copy of the selected data source. Specify the properties of the data source in the Data Sources and Drivers dialog that opens.

DB and DDL data source nodes

Refresh

Ctrl+F5

Update the view of the selected element (that is to synchronize the view of the element with its actual state in the database).

See also, Data sources and drivers dialog.

Data sources and their elements.

Data Source Properties

Open the Data Sources and Drivers dialog to manage your data sources and their settings.

All node types

Deactivate

Ctrl+F2

Close the database connection for the selected data source or data sources. (The names of the data sources with active database connections are shown in bold.)

Data sources with active connections and their elements

Edit Data

F4

Open a table view of the object in the data editor. This option works for tables, views, and materialized views.

Corresponding elements in data sources.

Go to DDL

Ctrl+B

Update the source code of database objects by directly editing their DDL CREATE scripts and submitting your changes in the editor.

Corresponding elements in data sources.

Jump to Query Console…

Ctrl+Shift+F10

Open the list of query consoles for the selected data source.

Data sources and their elements (tables and table columns)

Filter

Open a list of database objects that you can filter for the selected database. The list of database objects depends on the selected database. To see a full list of available database objects and their icons, go to Icons for data sources and their elements.

Data sources and their elements

Properties

Open the Data Sources and Drivers dialog to manage your data sources and their settings.

Data source and DDL data source nodes.

New

Alt+Insert

Create a new data source, role, database, schema, query console, table, column, index, a primary or a foreign key. The list of options depends on which element is currently selected.

Data sources and their elements. If a DDL data source is selected, you can only choose to create another data source.

Rename

Shift+F6

Rename the selected data source, table or column. Specify the new name in the dialog that opens.

Data sources and their elements.

Copy/Paste | Copy Reference

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C

Copy the fully qualified name of the selected data source, table or column to the clipboard.

Data sources and their elements.

Copy/Paste | Duplicate

Ctrl+D

Create a copy of the selected data source. Specify the properties of the data source in the Data Sources and Drivers dialog that opens.

Data source and DDL data source nodes.

Edit Data

F4

Open a table view of the object in the data editor. This option works for tables, views, and materialized views.

Corresponding elements in data sources.

Refresh

Ctrl+F5

Update the view of the selected element (that is to synchronize the view of the element with its actual state in the database).

See also, Data sources and drivers dialog.

Data sources and their elements.

Deactivate

Ctrl+F2

Close the database connection for the selected data source or data sources. (The names of the data sources with active database connections are shown in bold.)

Data sources with active connections and their elements

Drop

or

Remove

Delete

Remove the selected item.

Data sources and their elements.

Quick Documentation

Ctrl+Q

View basic information about the selected element.

To close the documentation popup, press Escape.

Data sources and their elements.

Navigation | Go to DDL

Ctrl+B

Update the source code of database objects by directly editing their DDL CREATE scripts and submitting your changes in the editor.

Corresponding elements in data sources.

Navigation | Jump to Query Console…

Ctrl+Shift+F10

Open the list of query consoles for the selected data source.

Data sources and their elements (tables and table columns)

Run Function or Run Procedure

Run the selected function or procedure.

Data source elements: functions, procedures.

(Oracle only) Introspection Level

Change the introspection level either for the whole database or for a particular schema. Children inherit a level that is set for a parent.

Oracle Data Source nodes.

SQL Scripts | SQL Generator…

Ctrl+Alt+G

Generate data definition structures for database objects. For example, you can generate DDL files for a single table or for all the tables in the schema. Also, you can customize generation settings. For example, you can set what syntax to use for table creation: CREATE TABLE or CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS.

Data source elements.

SQL Scripts | Generate DDL to Clipboard

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G

Generate DDL of the object and copy it to the clipboard.

Data sources and their elements.

SQL Scripts | Truncate…

Remove all the rows in the selected table.

Data source elements: tables.

Tools | Manage Shown Schemas…

Open a popup with available schemas for the current data source.

Data sources and their elements.

Tools | Compare Structure…

Ctrl+D

Compare structures of two selected database objects (data sources, schemas, or tables). The comparison results are shown in the differences viewer.

Data sources and their elements.

Tools | Full-text Search

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+F

Search for data in your databases or a group of databases without knowing data exact location.

For more information about the full-text search, see Full-text search in databases.

Data sources and their elements.

Tools | Set Color

Set or change the color for the selected element or elements. (The Database Color Settings dialog will open.)

To set a color, right-click a data source and select Tools | Set Color. In the Database Color Settings dialog, select the dialog and coloring options. To have the data source color applied for query consoles and grids, select the In console editors and grids checkbox.

Data sources and their elements.

Tools | Add Bookmark

F11

Add the selected item to bookmarks.

Data ources and their elements.

Tools | Scripted Extensions | Generate POJOs.clj

Generate a Java entity class for the selected table. In the dialog that opens, specify the directory in which the JAVA class file should be generated.

Data sources and their elements.

Tools | Scripted Extensions | Go To Scripts Directory

Switch to the directory where the Generate POJOs.clj example script file is located.

Data sources and their elements.

Import/Export | Export Data to File

Save data for the selected tables and views in files. Select the output format (for example, SQL Inserts, Tab-separated (TSV), JSON-Clojure.json.clj).

Data source elements: tables and views.

Import/Export | Import Data from File(s)…

Import a text file containing delimiter-separated values (CSV, TSV, and so on) into your database.

If a schema is currently selected, PhpStorm will create a new table for the data that you are importing. If a table is selected, PhpStorm will try to add the data to the selected table.

Data source elements: tables.

Import/Export | Copy Table to

F5

Create a copy of the selected table. You can create a copy in a different scheme or data source. For example, you can copy the actor table from MySQL to PostgreSQL.

Database objects: tables and views.

Import/Export | Dump to DDL Data Source

Create your DDL data source by dumping a regular data source to a root/repository folder.

Data sources and their elements.

Import/Export | Export with 'mysqldump'

or

Import/Export | Export with 'pg_dump'

Run mysqldump or pg_dump for the selected items. mysqldump and pg_dump are native MySQL and PostgreSQL tools. They are not integrated into PhpStorm. You can read about them at dev.mysql.com and postgresql.org.

Data source nodes.

Import/Export | Restore with 'mysql'

Import/Export | Restore with 'psql'

or

Restore

Run mysql,pg_restore, or psql to restore a data dump. These tools are native for MySQL and PostgreSQL. They are not integrated into PhpStorm. You can read about them at dev.mysql.com and postgresql.org.

Data source nodes.

Diagrams | Show Visualisation

and

Diagrams | Show Visualisation Popup

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U and Ctrl+Alt+U

View a UML class diagram for the selected data source or table. You can select between the following options:

• Show Visualisation to open the diagram on a separate editor tab.

• Show Visualisation Popup to see the diagram in a popup.

Data sources and their elements.

Diagnostics | Dump Model

Generate a diagnostic representation of the database in a PhpStorm internal format. This information might be helpful for the support team if some database objects exist in the database but do not show up in the Database tool window.

Data sources and their elements.

Diagnostics | Diagnostic Refresh

Reload the metadata from the database and generate a detailed log file of the process. This information might be helpful for the support team when your introspection takes too much time.

Data sources and their elements.

Diagnostics | Prepare Introspector Diagnostics

Generate three files that include information about the following:

• dataSource.txt: the data source.

• introspector.txt: a module that was used to load the metadata from the database.

• model.xml: a part of the database model.

This information might be helpful when introspection works incorrectly. For example, when you see something outdated or do not see new objects.

Data sources and their elements.

Diagnostics | Force Refresh

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Delete the data source information from cache and load it again. This action is available on the data source node only.

Data source nodes.

Diagnostics | Forget Cached Schemas

Delete the information that PhpStorm has accumulated about your database. This action is available on the data source node only.

Use this command when you experience issues like wrong display of data structures or errors during synchronization.

To check if this has eliminated the problem, use the Synchronize command.

Data source nodes.

Group Data Sources

Displays folders for data sources if you created any.

Enabled	Disabled

Group Server and Database Objects

Displays folders for server and database objects. This setting concerns users, roles, tablespaces, modules, foreign data wrappers and other rarely-used objects.

Enabled	Disabled

Group Schema Objects

Defines how schema elements are shown.

When on, there are separate nodes for tables, views and stored routines (shown as folders). Tables, views and routines (procedures and functions) are shown as elements of the corresponding groups.

When off, there is no explicit grouping for tables, views, and routines. Tables and views are followed by procedures and functions.

Group Object Elements

This option defines how table elements are shown.

When on, there are separate nodes for columns, indexes, primary and foreign key constraints, and triggers (shown as folders). The elements appear in the corresponding groups.

When off, there is no such grouping and, generally, only columns are shown for tables.

Show All Namespaces

Show all databases and schemes even if they are not selected for introspection.

When the Show All Namespaces option is disabled, databases that are not selected for introspection do not appear in the Database tool window.

When the Show All Namespaces option is enabled, databases that are not selected for introspection are displayed in the Database tool window.

Show Empty Groups

If the Group Schema Objects or Group Object Elements options are selected, you can select to show or hide the categories that contain no elements.

The Show Empty Groups option is on:

The Show Empty Groups option is off:

Show Intermediate Nodes

Shows or hides parent nodes only when you do not have other objects on the same level with a parent.

Enabled	Disabled

Show Generated Objects

For Oracle, shows or hides auto-generated objects in the tree. It concerns the following objects:

• Materialized view logs

• The underlying tables for materialized views

• Secondary tables

Separate Procedures and Functions

In Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, separates procedures and functions into different folders.

Alphabetically

Order database objects alphabetically. When the option is disabled, natural sort order is applied.

Alphabetically is enabled	Alphabetically is disabled

Place Constraints and Similar Objects under Schema

Display nodes for object names that exist in a schema namespace. For example, nodes for keys, CHECK constraints, indexes, triggers, rules, and other objects.

You can use this option in the following situations:

• To find an object inside a schema with the help of a quick search.

• To see the columns just under the table node. To do this, turn off the Show Empty Groups.

Enabled	Disabled

Show Toolbar

Display the toolbar in the Database tool window.

Access Method

Aggregate

Alias Type

Argument

Body

Check

Cluster

Collation

Collection Type

Column. For more information about column icon combinations, see Possible icon combinations for columns.

Data File

Database

Read-only status

DDL data source

Default

Exception

Extension

External Schema

Foreign Data Wrapper

Foreign Key

Foreign Table

Index

Key

Materialized Log

Materialized View

Object Attribute

Object Type

Operator

Package

Primary key

Projection

Read-only data sources

Role

Routine

Rule

Scheduled Event

Schema

Sequence

Server

Stored procedure or function

Synonym

Table

Table Type

Tablespace

Trigger

User

User Mapping

Variable

View

Virtual Table

Ctrl+NumPad -

Collapse all expanded nodes in the current view.

Shift+Escape

Hide the tool window .

To hide all the tool windows, press Ctrl+Shift+F12.