Feature Request : Save session state

[Kevin Herring]

Hi

I love the feature in Developer where if your machine crashes, next time you load it up, it tells you you can recover the session. Firstly, I need some way of telling which server I was logged on to for that session so that I can select the correct one. When I had 4 copies of Developer open before the crash i have no idea which one to select!

Secondly, is there any way of using this feature without killing the program? i.e. When I close developer, it should ask me if I want to save the session state, or individually close/save all the windows.

Keep up the good work!
Thanks
Kevin

 

[Marco Kalter]

I have added both to the list of enhancement requests.

 

[PaulB]

I have also seen a need for the Save Session feature. In addition to prompting to save session when leaving, it would be good to have a Save Session option on the File menu as well. This whole feature set could be managed through two windows, Open Session, and Save Session with the options previously discussed. In addition to connection, the user should have the option to name the session being saved, and rename existing sessions. Failed sessions would be named according to their failure state and date/time.
I'm interested to know why all this time has passed since the enhancement request was submitted, yet we haven't seen these features yet? Thanks for all you do, I still haven't switched to SQL*Developer, even though I am an Oracle employee. The feature set still hasn't caught up yet.

 

[Marco Kalter]

In version 7.1 you can use the DESKTOP command-line parameter for this. For example:

C:\Program Files\PLSQL Developer\plsqldev.exe desktop=dev

This will save and restore the desktop configuration, including opened and modified files, under the logical name "dev".

 

[Gustavo]

Yet another undocumented feature. Will this find a way into the help files?

 

[Marco Kalter]

Of course . This was added in a 7.0.3 patch release, and somehow didn't make it into the 7.1 documentation.

 

[PaulB]

Thanks Marco. I tested it out and it works fine.
It may be a little more useful if this could also be made into a Save Session option on the File menu, and if there where a configuration setting for "Prompt to Save Session on Exit". That would be primo...