Oracle PL/SQL Debugging with SQL Developer

An 8 minute demo of the debugger - watches, break points, step over and into your code, the call stack and more.

All the details including requirements can be found here

Debugging is actually simpler now, we also support DBMS_DEBUG, information for using that and a quick animated GIF demo at

[edwinarias]

Thank you Jeff! I was try to use this important feature and at last I did, Thank to this video!

[rostislavzidek]

can I run query within the same session as the debugger have? like i want to see global temporary table contents at certain phase?

[shanawazali]

have any position for 3.6 years exp.candidate

[ricardoalfredopavezcatrileo]

hello because the video can not be translated???

[engil]

SQL Developer is trash, of course debugging isn't as good as in any other IDE like VSCode, PyCharm, Eclipse, etc. Typically just 'doesn't work' with no indication of why it won't stop on breakpoints. Kind of shocking that Oracle continues to hire the most incompetent developers in the world but I guess if you're trying to save money hiring all the folks who couldnt get into any reputable company makes a lot of sense.