Recent content by Neil Smith

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    Recent Connections also appearing in a custom folder

    I have many connections defined, grouped into folders and sub folders . I never noticed this problem until recently, so maybe it is connected to having over a certain number of folders or connections. What I am seeing now is that as well as recent connections appearing in the "recent" folder...
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    Stored connection is picking the wrong DSN from TNSNAMES.ora

    I've found that there was an error in the tnsnames.ora file. An entry, above the one I was using, had an extra bracket in it. However, tnsping and sqlplus both still found and used the required entry, whereas PL/SQL Developer ignored it, and selected another similar entry (I presume it matched...
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    Stored connection is picking the wrong DSN from TNSNAMES.ora

    We have a large corporate tnsnames.ora file, unfortunately containing many old entries with similar names, e.g.: MYDB_OLD, MYDB_OLD.WORLD =(DESCRIPTION=...(SID=MYDB)) ... MYDB, MYDB.WORLD=(DESCRIPTION=...(SERVICE=MYDB_DG)) where MYDB is the correct working entry. When I try and...
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    Beautifier options for column lists

    Would it be possible to add an option for formatting the column lists of select statements? For instance, I like my SQL to be formatted as: SELECT column1, column2, column3 FROM table1 rather than: SELECT column1, column2, column3 FROM...
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    Annoying status window stays on top

    The "stay on top" behaviour of the status window is very annoying. For instance dropping multiple MViews, which can take a number of minutes to complete, results in a window saying "Dropping Mviews" blocking my screen and stopping me from working on something else whilst waiting for it to...
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