Problem with debugging

[tonyg]

Hi

I have used pl/sql developer for several years, but am having a problem today. On an instance which I have debugged within for several months, it now seems to be baulking.

I've recompiled the code, rebooted the database etc, but when I try to debug a package procedure (which was working yesterday morning just fine) it steps through the package specification initialisation code, then when it comes to the jump to the first line of the package body, it just freezes.

I have carefully recompiled everything. It is happening on more than one package, with the same problem, stepping line by line through the specification initialisation code, then never coming back after the jump to the first line of the package body procedure I want to debug.

Everything was fine till yesterday lunchtime, with debugging working fine.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Tony

 

[Marco Kalter]

As a test, can you go to Tools > Preferences > Debugger and disable the "Update call stack after each step". Let me know if this affects the problem.

 

[tonyg]

Hi

Further experimentation seems to indicate that it is running very slowly, i.e. half and hour to an hour between steps (code lines).

Has anyone seem this before please?

Tony

 

[tonyg]

As a test, can you go to Tools > Preferences > Debugger and disable the "Update call stack after each step". Let me know if this affects the problem.

Marco,

I do seem to be working again now that I have made this change.

Any idea what the problem might be?

Thanks
Tony

 

[Marco Kalter]

We have noticed some stability issues when retrieving the call stack. It is strange that this suddenly started occurring for you for multiple packages, even after restarting the database instance.