SQL Developer 3.1.07 does not show a Tables entry under the Navigator

Question

Installed SQL Developer 3.1.07. Under my Connections window, I log into the SYSTEM account. There is NO tables entry. SYSTEM has access to all tables in the database. It's the same behavior for other database users as well.
I re-installed SQL Developer 3.0.04 and a Tables entry DOES appear for the same SYSTEM user connected to the same database.

Answer 1

Hi J,
I was under the impression that regardless of the Java version that my environment variables are setup to use,
the installation of SQL Developer (when you install with a JDK), that the JDK version installed with SQL Developer
is the one that is used.Exactly correct, unless you decide to override it in the conf file. I needed to be certain you did not.
Anyway, trying to resolve the problem, let's go back to a possibility that something went wrong with the migration of your preference settings. Here is an old thread discussing a missing Tables node in the Connection view (sometimes called the navigator tree):
Table node missing from navigator tree in 3.0.04
The poster had to rename the system directory containing these settings, then ignore the offer to migrate settings upon starting up SQL Developer again. If you never migrated settings in the first place, then I'm not sure what more to say -- probably would require additional research here in the forum. But if you did migrate settings, then try the following:
1. Export your connections (Connections node | right-click | Export Connections...)
2. Exit SQL Developer
3. Rename the directory to something else
4. Restart SQL Developer
5. Import your connections
That directory on my Windows 7 machine for the current production release is something like:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\system3.1.07.42
Hope this helps,
Gary