Dale Long
Dale Long

Reputation: 563

SQL Developer won't show the connections Tab

So SQL Developer won't show the connections tab no matter what I do. I've tried going through the "view" tab and clicking into the "connections" and I've also tried clicking the new button. I've also tried an uninstall/reinstall, but nothing.

It's probably something simple, but I'm fairly new to it, can anyone direct me or provide any advice? Any help is really appreciated :)

Upvotes: 55

Views: 126257

Answers (8)

Venkat
Venkat

Reputation: 67

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This worked for me!!, No need of recreating the connections.

Upvotes: 2

Lova Chittumuri
Lova Chittumuri

Reputation: 3303

1 ) Select the Windows Menu

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2 ) Choose the option Reset Windows to Factory Settings

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3 ) Oracle SQL Developer automatically closed and reopened.

Upvotes: 13

Janet
Janet

Reputation: 864

I exported all my connection to a json file. Then imported the one disappeared and it worked.

Upvotes: 0

Areeha
Areeha

Reputation: 833

For me, it worked in the following way: I just deleted the folder where I had extracted the zip folder and then re-extracted it and then ran sqldeveloper.exe

Upvotes: 1

Bert BI
Bert BI

Reputation: 1416

You can go to the upper tab "WINDOW" and then click "Reset Windows to factory settings".

Upvotes: 140

inaitgaJ
inaitgaJ

Reputation: 1487

Search for the file - windowinglayoutDefault.xml and delete it, and restart SQL Developer.

This file should be present inside a system folder at

windowuserPath\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\

Upvotes: 2

Rajarao Jojode
Rajarao Jojode

Reputation: 11

I had the similar issue with SQL Developer 4.2, one fine day all the connections pane on left vanished, tried couple options unsuccessfully.

Remedy is 1) Installation of newer version of SQL Developer to the folder of your choice with newer java JDK 2) Import the preference from previous version. DID the TRICK... Good Luck

  • Rajarao

Upvotes: 1

Dhanushka Lahiru
Dhanushka Lahiru

Reputation: 131

1.) Save your current SQL connection xml file located in windows 7/8/10: C:\Users\"youruseraccount"\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\systemXXXXX\o.jdeveloper.db.connection.xxxxxx

2.)Now delete your SQL Developer Folder and sqldeveloper folder located in: C:\Users\"youruseraccount"\AppData\Roaming\

3.)Now delete the main sqldeveloper folder containing the actual SQL developer application files.This would be located wherever you initially unzipped the SQLDeveloper download.

4.)Download the latest version of SQL Developer and unzip wherever you like.

5.)Launch SQL developer and specify your JDK location.

6.)Copy your connections xml file to your roaming SQL Developer directory here: C:\Users\"youruseraccount"\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\systemXXXXXX)\o.jdeveloper.db.connection.xxxxxx

7.)Launch SQL Developer and your DBA view should now be available after selecting view -> DBA

Upvotes: 10

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