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Asked: 2026-05-11T17:11:52+00:00

In PL/SQL Developer v7.1.x, is there way way to ignore large data types in

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In PL/SQL Developer v7.1.x, is there way way to ignore large data types in queries or the “Query Data” feature. For example: If you right click on table FOO, and select “Query Data” this will execute a SELECT * FROM FOO. If that table contains BLOB data the query will take a while to complete and temporarily lock up the application. This is especially problematic when querying remote databases (for obvious reasons).

I would like a way to tell PL/SQL Developer not to retrieve large data by default. I know there is a way to limit the ResultSet size but this doesn’t do what I am looking for.

I could just select each column I wanted ignoring certain ones but then I couldn’t use the “Query Data” feature.

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    No, the Query Data feature does one thing and one thing only – queries all the data.

    What you might find useful is that you can drag the name of a table or view from the Browser into a SQL Window, choose “Select” from the menu that pops up, and it will generate a SELECT statement on the table with all the column names included – but does not execute the query straight away. You can then edit it however you like (e.g. comment out the LOB columns) before you run it.

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