PL/SQL Developer Consuming 100+ MB of RAM on Startup.

[rcooper]

Has anyone been experiencing problems w/PL/SQL Developer consuming large amounts of System RAM?
When I start the application (without even logging into a database), it consumes 100-135MB of RAM. Then, I log in, run a couple of queries (against dba_jobs, for example), and the amount of RAM plsqldev.exe is using gets as high as 300MB. At that point, the CPU (in task manager) hits 99% and it hangs up my system; PL/SQL Developer becomes unusable. I have been using previous versions of this application for a long time, and have never seen this before. I have recently moved to v6. I am running Windows 2000 Professional, SP3. Also, I have been able to verify that this problem occurs w/both the Oracle 8i and Oracle 9i clients I have installed. I have also applied the latest release (6.0.3 I believe), and the problem still exists.
thanks,
Ryan.

 

[Marco Kalter]

I'm not aware of any problems, nor can I reproduce this. Have you installed any Plug-Ins? If so, can you disable them (Tools > Configure Plug-Ins) and try again?

 

[rcooper]

Nope, we have not installed any plug-ins (the Tools > Configure Plug-ins Button is even grayed out).
Also, if I just start PL/SQL Developer, do not log in, and go to Tools > Preferences, modify something and hit Apply, CPU usage jumps to 99%, and RAM to 200+ MB. If I end the task and start it up again, the Preference did change. This hang up issue is happening every time I try to use the tool now.

 

[rcooper]

I uninstalled the application, removed the directory, and it seems okay now.
Not sure why, but it will do for now.
thank you,
Ryan.