Why is sql developer such a poor piece of software?

It is hands down the worse piece of software I've ever used
I always need to force close it, its extremely slow and just overall SHIT
(I use Mac)

I prefer not to comment on the worse piece of software ever (try out a windows based system for a couple of days and you'll find plenty worse).
On the extremely slow part there are quite a number of things you can do to improve performance, and also quite a number of things you can do to make it worse, so if you try to describe your setup and the exact situation/situations when you notice slowness I'm confident someone in the forum will be able to help you get things up to speed.
As a first suggestion you could check if you are using the Oracle LAF or the MAC one.
Mac may be prettier, but it has been reported many times as buggy and overall I do prefer to keep the same LAF for an application regardless of the OS.

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SQL Developer 2.1: Poor performance on 11g

We are experiencing poor response times for queries using sql developer 2.1 with our new 11g upgraded database (11.1.0.7). A bit of investigation has shown that a simple
select 1 from dual;
causes
SELECT table_owner, table_name
FROM all_synonyms
WHERE owner IN (USER, 'PUBLIC') AND synonym_name = :1
Has anybody else seen this?
It is not happening with other IDEs.

Have found out that if the data dictinary inquries drop the the SYS qualifier then we can implement the dolution on metalink. Any chance that this alteration can be implemented? At the moment we cannot use the tool as it is causes too many issues.
Colin

Why does SQL Developer sometimes refuse to activate the debug controls?

I can find the procedure or package that I want to work in, compile it for debug, set break points, provide the required input parameters, and sometimes SQL Developer works as expected. That is, it activates the debug control buttons (step into, step over, etc.) But, other times, it just leaves them greyed out. Why? I find this frustrating.
OK, maybe my version of SQL Developer is a bit old, but I have seen this occasionally in every version of Sql Developer I have used. I now have SQL Developer 2.1.0.63. We have an Oracle11.1.0.7 database. I have a 64-bit Windows7 desktop. I think my Java version is also a bit old, but it seems to be compatible with the EBS R12.0.6 application that I need to support. I'm not a Java expert. If I go to a C:\ prompt, and type: "java -version", It returns: "1.4.2_04".

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I now have SQL Developer 2.1.0.63.
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Maybe so but why aren't you using the latest 3.x version? There have been many bug fixes and new functionality since the version you are using.
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I think my Java version is also a bit old
>
You think? Java 7 is out so version 1.4.2 is definitely old. And especially if you support EBS because I think R12 itself uses Java 1.5
You may want to check the EBS forum
Java/JRE Version compatabile for R12.0.6
And now you have an Oracle 11.1 database?
Here is the official link that has the jdbc and oracle version support
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-faq-090281.html#02_02
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See section - Which JDBC drivers support which versions of Javasoft's JDK?
11.1.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.5.x and JDK 1.6.x
Please note that JDK 1.4 is not supported by the 11 drivers.
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Did you notice that last line?
You may want to rethink your plan to use those older versions of Java and SQL Developer.

Why does SQL Developer sometimes not allow me to "Disconnect"?

Sometimes when I'm ready to close SQL Developer, I try to get out gracefully, but the "Disconnect" option for the only connection I have open is greyed out. Why? The only option I know then is to close SQL Developer by clicking the "x" in the upper, right corner.
My version of SQL Developer is a bit old: I have SQL Developer 2.1.0.63. We have an Oracle11.1.0.7 database. I have a 64-bit Windows7 desktop. I think my Java version is also a bit old, but it seems to be compatible with the EBS R12.0.6 application that I need to support. I'm not a Java expert. If I go to a C:\ prompt, and type: "java -version", It returns: "1.4.2_04".

Actually, I think the link Alessandro posted is helpful. I cannot reproduce the behavior on Win XP, but can on Linux (somewhat). That is, Properties gets greyed out at times, but not Disconnect or Apply Filter. Retrying the right-click resolves the problem, as he notes.
So I assume my point (1) would be more nearly correct if restated as "Bug or timing issue".
As for (3), I really cannot give a good example. If I open a Tool menu item like Monitor SQL or Monitor Sessions on, say, the SYSTEM user, the Disconnect option is not greyed out and if used will close all the open windows for that connection. If I run Debug on a package/procedure/function, Disconnect also remains enabled. Clicking on it produces a "Cannot Disconnect" dialog warning with this text: "The database connection cannot be closed while an active debugging session exists". Perhaps I'm mistaken entirely, or just confused after seeing that behavior on some older version of SQL Developer
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Why does SQL Developer insist on opening up the package header?

When expanding a package (clicking the '+') SQL Developer keeps opening up the package header (at least the first time you click it). I'm very rarely interested in viewing the header and it's annoying to have all those tabs open.

See SQL Dev 2.1 RC1 - Expanding packages under Schema Browser
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Regards,
K.

SQL developer not installed with the client software

Hi All,
OS: Windows
Clinet: 11g 64 bit
I have installed oracle client for windows 64 bit, as we know with client installation the sql developer also comes with. But in my case, I am able to find every other component but sql developer.
I am thninking of downloading the same from Oracle site, is there a alternate way for the same?
Regards,
Sphinx

What, exactly, did you install?
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Generate DDL works in old version of SQL Developer, but not in new versions

Hello all,
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I could not find the answer in older forum threads.
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I've seen a couple posts about people not being able to generate DDL for other users. To date, I've never seen a anybody post a workaround, nor have I seen one of the developers post a response, nor have I seen anybody say they've submitted a SR.
I think I remember reading somewhere that the new version of SQL Developer uses dbms_metadata.get_ddl to generate DDLS, rather than some custom query built on top of catalog views...which could explain why it use to work, but no longer does. But whether or not this is true, I don't know.
You could try submitting a SR and see if Oracle responds saying that it's a known bug and will be fixed in the next release. Until then, unless you get the role, you're stuck using something else for DDL generation.

Sql Developer Launcher Not Working In Linux

Hello,
System Details:
Fedora 19
Sql Developer Version: Version 4.0.0.12
Java Version: OpenJDK 1.7.0-40
I can launch Sql Developer from the command line successfully.
/opt/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh
But when I attempt to use the launcher icon, I receive a SIGSEGV error. Here is the top of the hs_error.log file.
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x000000317a062e00, pid=7680, tid=140636646749952
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (7.0_40-b60) (build 1.7.0_40-mockbuild_2013_10_02_16_56-b00)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (24.0-b56 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C 0x000000317a062e00
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/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.60-2.4.2.7.fc19.x86_64
And my /usr/share/applications/sqldeveloper.desktop file contains the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=SQL Developer
Comment=Oracle SQL Developer
Icon=/opt/sqldeveloper/icon.png
Exec=/opt/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Oracle;
I'm just switching from Ubuntu to Fedora so this has not worked in the past.
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The solution in https://forums.oracle.com/thread/2594033 worked. I added the 2nd line below to /opt/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh.
#!/bin/bash
unset -v GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
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SQL Developer High Memory Consumption 3.2.20.09.87

Hello,
I have been using SQL developer for quite some time and had initially had problems in the past with high memory consuption when I use this tool.
I have received and applied advice from this forum and while it had helped a little, the majority of the high memory consuption remained an issue.
I finally got more time to dig around and try to specifically isolate where the problem seems to be coming from and here is what I found.
*1)* I have removed the Check for Updates feature
*2)* I have turned off many of the extensions except for DBA Navigator, Real Time SQL Monitoring, SearchBar and Snippet.
*3)* When I start a fresh SQL Developer Session and initiate a Oracle Connection the application consumes roughly 148 meg fo RAM
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*5)* When I run a Large SQL to the grid the memory jumps by about 100 meg or so and will continue to do so every time I repeat the SQL until SQL Developer consumes roughly 748 meg of RAM.
*6)* 748 Meg of RAM seems to be the number when SQL Developer (with one Oracle connection) no longer continues to consume more and then not return the memory to the system.
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Thanks in advance...
Tom
Edited by: ERPDude on Feb 28, 2013 2:46 PM

Aces!!! You nailed it Gary...
Thank you.
I applied fixed noted in Re: Reduce SQLDeveloper memory footprint with JDK 1.7
For others, to summarize my changes.
product\11.2.0\client_3\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf
AddVMOption -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
AddVMOption -XX:+UseG1GC
AddVMOption -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50
AddVMOption -XX:GCPauseIntervalMillis=200
AddVMOption -XX:MaxPermSize=128M
AddVMOption -Xms50M
AddVMOption -Xmx384M
AddVMOption -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10
AddVMOption -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=10
product\11.2.0\client_3\sqldeveloper\ide\bin\ide.conf
comment the following two lines as shown below
#AddVMOption -Xmx640M
#AddVMOption -Xms128M
Now SQL Developer runs at roughly 500 meg.
I guess the only thing I have left to ask others reviewing this would be if there is a way to get these memory values down without having much adverse impacts on SQL Developer based on newer JVM switches/functionalities.
The posts that drove these changes are old from a technologoical perspective :) 2010.
Tom

Extension to Oracle SQL Developer

hi
could anyone share the details of how to do the following
i want to extend the sql developer such that whenever an update is performed in the data grid i.e. in the data tab i want to perform some custom action
could anyone help me how to start in order to achieve it.
Thanks in advance.

What's some custom action ?
Sure you don't just want a trigger?
K.

SQL Developer 3.0 EA1 creates case senstive account names

Hi,
When creating a new account with SQL Developer 3.0 EA1, the user name is enclosed in quotes. This creates a case sensitive account name which creates problems when trying to sign. Historically account names have been converted to uppercase internally and during the logon sequence this is expected behavior. Not sure why the SQL Developer 3.0 EA1 team has chosen to start encapsulating usernames during creation in quotes?
Example of create user statement from 2.0
-- USER SQL
CREATE USER why_this_old_way IDENTIFIED BY scott ;
-- ROLES
GRANT "RESOURCE" TO why_this_old_way ;
GRANT "CONNECT" TO why_this_old_way ;
Example of create user statement from 3.0 EA1.
-- USER SQL
CREATE USER "why_this_new_way" IDENTIFIED BY scott ;
-- ROLES
GRANT "RESOURCE" TO "why_this_new_way" ;
GRANT "CONNECT" TO "why_this_new_way" ;
Having case sensitive object names greatly increases the complexity unnecessarily, please don't implement this approach.
Scott K.

Please tell me how you accessed the create user UI. Is this new "functionality" occurring from the DBA Navigator?
It's looking like it changed in both dialogs to me are you seeing the same thing? I'll dig in and see why this was changed.
Thanks,
Syme
Edited by: skutz on Oct 18, 2010 7:59 AM

A summary of set commands that are accepted by SQL Developer...

Sorry, I've been looking for a list of commands that are used by SQL Developer such as "set verify off|on", etc.
Can anyone point me to a list of these commands (the equivalent to SQL*Plus set commands)?
Thanks in advance!
Tom

Hi Tom,
Try Help|Table of Contents|SQL Developer Concepts and Usage|Using SQL Worksheet|SQL*Plus Statements Support and Not Supported in SQL Worksheet.
What you see there depends on your SQL Developer version. Over time, SQL*Plus support keeps improving.
Regards,
Gary Graham
SQL Developer Team

PLSQL Developer 与 Oracle SQL Developer 哪个更好?

一直都是使用 PLSQL Developer 做一些开发, 想知道它与 Oracle SQL Developer 有什么不一样, 哪个更好用?

我想对于这两个产品，哪个更好众说纷纭。我觉得各自有各自的优缺点。当然相对于PLSQL Developer 来说Oracle SQL Developer 的最大优点之一就是它的免费吧,当然它的很多细节上的功能还没有那么丰富。^_^
你可以通过以下链接下载 Oracle SQL Developer
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/sql/index.html
We’ve given up all of our licenses for other tools. We simply don’t need them anymore. Oracle SQL Developer does it all for us. We’ve saved a lot of money because it’s free. It’s also given our development staff a standard tool and they love it. It’s made training and support easier.
以上是一个使用者的评论，你可以在下边的地址找到。
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer/index.html

Why SQL Developer?

Hi,
Would you be able to demonstrate why people should use Sql Developer when compared with other products like MS-Access and TOAD apart from the fact that SQLDeveloper is free? Like for example, MS-Access needs ODBC whereas SQLDeveloper uses JDBC may be? and which one is better performance wise or is there any advantage or disadvantage in using either one of them? Just assume that it's probably a marketing talk, but how would you convert/convince people who are so used to using MS-Access or any other product for that matter to use SQL-Developer?
Thanks,
Magesh.

That's your opinion, it's not a factBy all means
Do you mean Access can just be use as a GUI Client of Oracle ?Well yes, using the ODBC driver, and it's actually quite fun... for the simple stuff. Big queries, more complicated updates and such soon get to the disaster department.
My question was about developpementWhat I like best is the debugger. Though it still has some glitches (like it still doesn't get those line numbers right in all situations), it's the best I've used for Oracle. If you're on 10g, as far as I know it's the only one that uses the new debugger (others still use the "probe" debugger).
I've had my share of disagreements with Toad's debugger, and switching to sqldev made me go: sweet!
The PL/SQL editor has nice syntax colour capabilities, bracket matching, search/replace, shortcuts, snippets, well... just about anything to keep a developer happy. All but the still very deficient code formatter and file based editing, in which Toad definitely sticks out some neck lengths.
Concerning the DDL nodes (tables, etc.), both are pretty much the same, although Toad is still faster and in general more accurate, and offers a tabbed interface in addition to the tree (which often needs trimming in sqldev).
But again: that's something you'd have to discover by yourself, these are my two cents...
K.

SQL Developer 1.5.1 - Sorting Table / List of Columns - Why So Slow

Hi All,
why is it so slow to sort the list of columns names in a table.
It appears to be going back and querying the database again. - shouldn't it just be doing a local sort of the JTable ?
Thanks
Bill
Edited by: wfs on Oct 28, 2008 2:31 PM

Yes, it does query again - as it does with everything else being sorted.
You're right they could implement local sorting on a little, complete set, but that should be requested at the announced SQL Developer Exchange, since I recon that would get pretty tedious (taking in count NLS sorting settings).
Then mind you have to query again anyway if a result set is not complete (by default, fetches are 50 records at a time), or fetch everything before being able to apply the local sort, which will give you even more problems on large tables.
Regards,
K.

Why is sql developer such a poor piece of software?

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