"Export Query Results..." problem?

[sfeinstein]

Love the program but this is one thing that changed from an earlier version that is driving me crazy.

I frequently need to run long-executing queries that generate large data sets and save the output to CSV files.

In the old PL/SQL Developer (a version or two back) the "Export Query Results..." button was on the sql window itself, so I didn't have to run the query prior to trying to export the output.

Now that button is on the divider bar between the sql window and the results grid. I can't make that divider bar appear without manually running the query (which might not return its first results for hours). I see no other menu options to accomplish this simple task, please someone tell me there is a way to directly export data to a file without doing anything in the results grid first??

 

[Marco Kalter]

We have had a few more requests for this, so we will try to get the old functionality back in the next release.

The only workaround at the moment is to query the results and to export them from the grid (right-click on the grid and select Export).

 

[robmason]

That's what you said back in May...planned for release 7.0.3. The release is here, functionality is not. Some of my queries contain aggregate functions that require several hours to run. Would really be nice to be able to use the latest version for this.

robmason

 

[Ron E]

We're also interested in regaining the auto-export functionality. We're mostly on 7.0.2.1076. The people with older versions are hanging on to them because of this. Is there any update on whether this might be in the 'next version' this time?

Thanks,

Ron

 

[Marco Kalter]

We hope to have a solution for this in 7.1.