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How to prevent select * when opening table?

Selene PlattJun 5 2026

I'm running Oracle SQL Developer Version 21.2.1.204, Build 204.1703. When I click on a table to open it - either double-click, or single-click and then click on the Data tab - a ‘Select *’ automatically executes. How can I prevent that from happening? For larger tables it takes upwards of 30 seconds.

I already have Tools→Database→Object Viewer→Open Object on Single Click UNchecked, and Tools→Database→Advanced→Sql Array Fetch Size set to the max 50.

Any other advice? I want this to be a global setting rather than one per table, or something I need to run every time I access a table. I'm hoping there's a global ‘Don’t do select * when accessing the Data tab' setting :)

Thanks!

This post has been answered by user9540031 on Jun 8 2026
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