How can I keep Oracle SQL Developer from closing the DB connection?

Question

Is there any way to keep Oracle SQL Developer from closing my DB connections, or to increase the timeout? Sometimes during a long-running query SQL Dev will just close the conne

Answer 1

Here's another Keep Connection Active extension that might be of use. (The extension mentioned above contains a number of issues that are resolved in this extn.)

http://sites.google.com/site/keepconnext/

Answer 2

As a temporary solution to it, at the side of 'Data Grid' you'll find the tab 'DBMS Output', turn DBMS output ON and set the polling frequency to an agreeable time.