Active workset files lost after OS crash
- Thread starter Mzz
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If you go to File > Workset > Manage you can press the "File Explorer" button at the bottom right to go to the directory where the Workset files are stored.
Hi Marco.
Marco, Is workset feature supposed to keep track of unsaved windows? If so, would it be possible to implement a backup version of each file? Every time after OS crash or "connected window" where connection couldn't be estabilished (i.e. VPN offline) at startup of workset instance, my files are gone.
I know this doesn't happen if all windows are saved, but it's kind of complicated give a meaninful name for scrap queries all time.
Best regards.
Marco, Is workset feature supposed to keep track of unsaved windows? If so, would it be possible to implement a backup version of each file? Every time after OS crash or "connected window" where connection couldn't be estabilished (i.e. VPN offline) at startup of workset instance, my files are gone.
I know this doesn't happen if all windows are saved, but it's kind of complicated give a meaninful name for scrap queries all time.
Best regards.
The Workset feature does indeed keep track of unsaved windows. Changes are implicitly preserved when you close the workset or when you exit PL/SQL Developer. They are also preserved on a time basis and before any execution, if the Preferences > Files > Backup settings for "Recovery and Workset" are defined as such. By default Workset changes are preserved every 10 minutes.
It seems multiple users notice, how much more better is 'crash backup' feature.
For let me point out that I am working on multiple schemas/servers. In such case very elegant and useful that you can restore exact schema+server backup.
From other hand I was trying to use worksets and they seems either buggy or I dont understand they purpose:
I make workset, then close it, then close developer and.... when I open developer and login to different schema+server - a) I dont select from list, but press cancel, then i get login window with previous schema - I cancel, but it AUTOMATICALY opens last workset I was working with, which I closed! which was for absolute different schema+server+work.
So far this worksets thing is designed to work for single project.
Hope one day it gets fixed
Thanks
P.S.
And no, this save desktop thing is no help when windows installs updates overnight and reboots PC, but it decent when REAL crash happens
For let me point out that I am working on multiple schemas/servers. In such case very elegant and useful that you can restore exact schema+server backup.
From other hand I was trying to use worksets and they seems either buggy or I dont understand they purpose:
I make workset, then close it, then close developer and.... when I open developer and login to different schema+server - a) I dont select from list, but press cancel, then i get login window with previous schema - I cancel, but it AUTOMATICALY opens last workset I was working with, which I closed! which was for absolute different schema+server+work.
So far this worksets thing is designed to work for single project.
Hope one day it gets fixed
Thanks
P.S.
And no, this save desktop thing is no help when windows installs updates overnight and reboots PC, but it decent when REAL crash happens
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