Could not get schema Object:java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException ora-904

Question

All of a sudden I get
Could not get schema Object:java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-00904: "SYS"."O"."NAME": ongeldige ID
when doing anything in the tables tree in the connections pane
The only thing I set recently is pga_aggregate_target
Environment
Oracle 11.2.0.1
OS Windows Vista Ultimate sp2
Sql developer 2.1.1.64.39 with its own JDK
As the download links on OTN are broken I can not upgrade, and I'd rather not work in command line sqlplus.
Help!!!
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

Answer 1

My copy of sqldeveloper isn't located in that directory. Would that matter?
In the mean time I have disabled filtering the tables node. Opening the tables node doesn't result in exceptions anymore.
Now, when I click on any table in that node I get 4 identical ora-904 error messages for sys.o.name for any table.
Apparently it is querying either the all_objects view and it thinks it is querying sys.obj$.
I didn't yet enable sql_trace for the session, I'm more or less giving up on sqldeveloper. I can not use the space bar in any datagrid, sqldeveloper has always been extreemly unresponsive when navigating the schema browser (as opposed to Toad), etc, etc. Too bad I bought Sue Harpers book, but I think I will be de-installing sqldeveloper soon.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA