On 09/04/2013 5:07 PM, Jeff Smith wrote: > Add this to your sqldeveloper.conf file and it will no longer to the > tnsping on startup. > AddVMOption -Dsqldev.tnsping=false Many, many thanks for this info. > Also you should know if you do a 'reconnect' in SQL Developer we do a > TNSPing first to see if it's even worth bothering to try to make the > connection. That does make sense. Can I assume it is for the current connection you are trying to reconnect, and not all connections? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l