Recent content by MarkP

(From "Diary of a Legacy Programmer". ;-)) I'm a keen user of laptop-keyboard-shortcuts, and developed that idiom for use in SQL Windows in the days when PLSQLDev's handling of word breaks and line ends wasn't as it is now. To overcome the need to work at the end of a line, I moved the end of...

Thank you, Marco, There's an example in the post. Kind regards, Mark.

The new AutoSelect behaviour (I've just installed 7.0.1), selects too many statements for me. I've many saved SQL Windows formatted ;statement ; ;statement ; ;statement ; ;statement ; and it doesn't seem to like these at all. Kind regards, Mark.

Thank you, Marco, but it wasn't a problem with any particular package body, it happened whenever I selected View from the object browser. I'm sorry, but I cannot reproduce the behaviour on demand. As soon as it recurs, I shall send you the source of the object concerned. I presently suspect...

Hello Marco, PLSQLDEV 6.0.2 displays a "Thread Creation Error: Not enough storage is available to process this command" message, when I try to view a package body, and Windows Task Manager presently reports Mem Usage of 256588K for plsqldev.exe, much more than I recall version 5 needing. While...

Hello again, Marco, This will baffle your team ... unless I've overlooked something embarrassingly simple that is. ;) Today, from time to time, when I've returned to a SQL Window, and pressed F5 to Describe the table named under the cursor, it's not worked, and the Describe window has failed...

Thank you very much for the explanation, Marco. And for the plain-text preference file, it's a great improvement. Kind Regards, Mark.

Hello Marco, I can see the complete set of session queries at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Allround Automations\PL/SQL Developer\SessionQueries in the registry, but tabs are shown only for the 4 standard queries. I'm running PL/SQL Developer under the same Windows as I was last week before the...

Hello Marco, When I compile a package body with "Safe Compilation" enabled, the error messages are no longer displayed at the bottom of the window -- is there another place where I can see them? Kind regards, Mark.

Hi Marco, Re Scott's wish for a quick way to shrink the Describe Window to show only the column name. Would it also be possible to make Describe windows work more like a conventional windows: (1) so that I can close them quickly with CTRL+F4; and (2) so that I can widen them quickly with...

Hello Marco, I've just copied an Oracle Discoverer-generated query into a Test Window (Test Windows and the Beautifier are a blessing), and discovered that PL/SQL Developer 5.1.5.744 does not handle quoted bind variables :rolleyes: such as :"My Variable" . Might support for quoted bind...

Yes, that would be jolly useful when trying to find a consistent naming for objects without exceeding the 30-character limit. Or trying to gauge the length of a constant string. And especially in the Command Window, since that doesn't report the cursor column. How have I managed to cope...

Hi liorzadok, I've still not tried it myself, but Tengor's reply here http://www.allroundautomations.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000479.html suggests that it's possible to import or export PL/SQL Developer Preferences from the Windows Registry. Best regards, Mark.

Hi Scott, How far away do you keep your keyboard? Tools->Preferences->KeyConfiguration. Best regards, Mark.

I've not tried it myself, but Tengor's reply here http://www.allroundautomations.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000479.html suggests that it's possible. Best regards, Mark.