Oracle SQL Developer 1.5 - enable debug information

when I use SQL Developer, there 're several times when a screen just disappear without any pop-up error window and I don't know why. SQL Developer do not output any debug information by default.

There is difference between different version for setting up debug mode for SQL Developer. The debug mode for version 1.5 is much more easy to setup.

 

Steps to for debug mode setup

  1. Close SQL Developer, then go to directory

    installdir\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\bin

    There 's several configuration files for setting up different option for SQL Developer. and the core configuration file is 'sqldeveloper.conf'.

  2. To enable debug information for SQL Developer. Find the following line in 'sqldeveloper.conf'

    IncludeConfFile sqldeveloper-nondebug.conf

    change the line to

    IncludeConfFile sqldeveloper-debug.conf

    The next time we open SQL Developer, a small window will show up on the bottom of the screen.


    Where debug information will show up when we do something in SQL Developer .