PL?SQL IS GREST BUT MEMORY CONSUMPTION IS HIGH

[oraclelover]

Are there any documented memory leaks? Seems that PL/SQL developer useses very large amounts of memory and as I open close more memory is used up to around 60 megs. Seems not to be freeing some of it after things are closed. This is an eyeball guesstimate and I have not ran any true tests to prove or disprove this. I leave it open for weeks at a time before I shut it down or reboot. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this.

 

[ScottMattes]

WOW! You really can leave it open that long on Windows?!?!?!??!

What version of Windows?

What version of PLSD?

 

[Christo Kutrovsky]

win2k:

I notice that it takes about 20 Mb of vmsize total. However if you open the html help, this can go up to 60.

I leave it open for weeks to, i do not notice any leaks, other then when using the html help *without* the built-in html viewer. i.e. using IE for viewiing the documents, seems that PL/SQL Developer never fully closes IE.

 

[hbar]

Mine eats about 30 megs, and has only been open for 2 days. Also, I never use the HTML help (or any of the help, for that matter...that's what this forum and askTom are for!! )

Still, that seems like a lot of memory usage.

 

[Marco Kalter]

If memory consumption grows over time then we definitly have a memory leak. Whether this is caused by PL/SQL Developer, Oracle, or some other Windows component (like IE), is difficult to say. Unless of course you know which functions eat up your memory...

 

[Christo Kutrovsky]

I know for sure that if I use the help system, memory grows grows grows ...

I am not using the internal viewer, as the IE is much faster.

Note, the first time I start the help system it's slow, but after that it gets faster even if I close.

It would be nice if you have a change to review your code when closing that help window.

 

[TenGor]

Well, i have found another leak:

i don't know why, but obviously i had a corrupt version on SmartEd.
When i Start the Dev and the Splash-Screen came up, the "Loading Plug-Ins" take several minutes (3-4) and my virtual memory raise up to 1 GB !!

I have WinNT, Dev. 5.1.4.730

If i had not enough memory then Dev crashes with a c++ error message...
When i delete the PlugIn from the Dev-folder then anything is alright again and Dev needs only 2-20 MB which is ok to me!