4 Replies Latest reply on Jul 5, 2018 4:28 PM by thatJeffSmith-Oracle

18.2 shipping with JDK 9 while download page says JDK 8

Glen Conway Jul 4, 2018 7:25 PM

After commenting in another discussion ( 18.2 crashes on start - win10 ) that I always download SQL Developer without the jdk I thought I would check which jdk the new 18.2 release ships with. Turns out it (the one in sqldeveloper\jdk\bin) is:

java version "9.0.4"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.4+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.4+11, mixed mode)

but the download page claims it is JDK 8, so maybe the download page text (and the part about not supporting JDK 9 ! [Edit: In the release notes]) should be updated:

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1. Re: 18.2 shipping with JDK 9 while download page says JDK 8

thatJeffSmith-Oracle Jul 5, 2018 1:08 AM (in response to Glen Conway)

yeah, that's a mistake
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2. Re: 18.2 shipping with JDK 9 while download page says JDK 8

Glen Conway Jul 5, 2018 2:13 AM (in response to thatJeffSmith-Oracle)

At least 18.2 does not get the "java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException" with jdk 9 like I see when trying it with 18.1. Thanks!
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3. Re: 18.2 shipping with JDK 9 while download page says JDK 8

pLivio Jul 5, 2018 7:45 AM (in response to thatJeffSmith-Oracle)

Hi Jeff,

is it a documentation mistake or a bundle mistake?
I've noticed that using sqldev 18.2 with the bundled jdk9 make the application crash while loading the "Real Time SQL Monitor" view (under win64 at least).

Is there any plan to update the win64 download with the correct jdk version?

I use to work on customers' workstations without administratrive privileges, so installing Java is out of the question and I always keep the zip bundle handy.
As a workaround, I edited the sqldeveloper.conf file and made the SetJavaHome option point to the sqldev 18.1 jdk location

Thank you!
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4. Re: 18.2 shipping with JDK 9 while download page says JDK 8

thatJeffSmith-Oracle Jul 5, 2018 4:28 PM (in response to pLivio)

wording mistake

the download and release note pages have been updated to reflect that we support either Java 8 or 9, and that we ship Java 9 with the embedded Win64 distribution
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