SQL Developer incredibly slow to load Application Schema ~15 minutes

Question

Hi, I am evaluating SQL Developer to see if it is a viable alternative to TOAD and although it compares favourably on it's functionality offering it is unusable when I try to connect to a remote applications database. It seems to attempt to load all PL/SQL objects from the remote server even if I am only opening a single procedure or package.
For example, if i want to view the packages in the apps schema then I expand the packages tree control in the connections browser. This takes ~15 minutes to complete! TOAD, while also slow, takes ~30 to 40 seconds.
This obviously makes the tool useless. Does anyone else get this problem?

Answer 1

Just to clarify, the slowness is only seen in packages? Or when loading the list of procedures or functions as well?
Can you run the following SQL in the worksheet? Replace the :SCHEMA binds with the schema you are querying (so 'HR' or whatever), and execute it using the 'Run Script' button (or F5). The join in the query seems slow, but I wanted to see if that seems to be the majority of the problem, or if there is something else wrong as well (a fetch size issue, or a problem when we create the actual nodes in the tree).
SELECT OBJECT_NAME, OBJECT_ID,
DECODE(STATUS, 'INVALID', 'TRUE', 'FALSE') INVALID,
'TRUE' runnable,
NVL( b.HAS_BODY, 'FALSE') HAS_BODY
FROM SYS.ALL_OBJECTS a,
(SELECT 'TRUE' HAS_BODY, object_name tmp_name FROM SYS.ALL_OBJECTS WHERE OWNER = :SCHEMA AND OBJECT_TYPE = 'PACKAGE BODY') b
WHERE OWNER = :SCHEMA
AND OBJECT_TYPE = 'PACKAGE'
AND object_name = tmp_name (+)
AND SUBOBJECT_NAME IS NULL
AND OBJECT_ID NOT IN ( SELECT PURGE_OBJECT FROM RECYCLEBIN )
Thanks,
- John