Problems in Debug mode

Question

Hi,
I like Raptor a lot, but I can't seem to get the debugger working properly.
I created a tiny sample proc which I include below.
I set a breakpoint on the SELECT statement.
I hit the debug button and the Debug PL/SQL window appears, and so I click OK to debug.
The SELECT statement is highlighted so all looks good as I seem to have hit the breakpoint, but...
The mouse is stuck in hourglass mode and I've lost the debug menu as all entries are greyed out. I can't step through or watch items.
Once the debug process is complete the mouse still is in hourglass mode and I can't use it at all. The keyboard is still usable but the menus aren't in the right context either and I'm stuck. Occasionally, after some minutes, I can resume and end the session using the keyboard, but from there I just have to close down Raptor as the mouse is pretty much useless and I can't fully tab around all the sub-panes.
I can't see a similar issue in the forum or elsewhere for that matter. I get the same issue regardless of proc as I've tried others also.
This is what I ran:
CREATE OR REPLACE
PROCEDURE aatest IS
l_date DATE;
BEGIN
SELECT SYSDATE INTO l_date FROM DUAL;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE(l_date, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI:SS'));
END aatest;
Thanks in advance,
Garrett

Answer 1

Set your breakpoints, then hit "Compile with Debug" (of the 4 buttons it is the one furthest to the right, with the Black arrow).
The procedure appears to be running / paused, as what you would see when the procedure is finished is the following:
Process exited.
Disconnecting from the database XE as <username>.
Debugger disconnected from database.
Do a test function like:
CREATE OR REPLACE
function f_test_debugger(
i_arg1 varchar2,
i_arg2 varchar2
) return varchar2 is
v_retn varchar2(200);
begin
v_retn := i_arg1 || ' ' || i_arg2;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('i_arg1 = ' || i_arg1);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('i_arg2 = ' || i_arg2);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('v_retn = ' || v_retn);
return v_retn;
end f_test_debugger;
Without breakpoints, here is the series of events:
Compile with debug
Debug (ladybug button)
A box should popup with all of the input variables defined as:
i_arg1 := NULL;
i_arg2 := NULL;
You should replace these values with the text values. I have used:
i_arg1 := 'first';
i_arg2 := 'second';
Then click ok in that box and the process should run through and in the logging window you should see something like this (note that the 3 bolded lines are programmed output from the DBMS_OUTPUT lines in the function; the rest is all system generated):
Connecting to the database <sid> as <username>.
Executing PL/SQL: ALTER SESSION SET PLSQL_DEBUG=TRUE
Executing PL/SQL: CALL DBMS_DEBUG_JDWP.CONNECT_TCP( '<ip address>', '1547' )
Debugger accepted connection from database on port 1547.
Processing 59 classes that have already been prepared...
Finished processing prepared classes.
i_arg1 = first
i_arg2 = second
v_retn = first second
v_Return = first second
Process exited.
Disconnecting from the database <sid> as <username>.
Debugger disconnected from database.