Why use glue when you could use 1" galvanized sheet rock screws? just screw it from the inside of the shoe into the sole, I would use at least three!! ;-) Clark...
I've used the Shoe Goo brand successfully for many years, it's so tough that the remainder of the shoe eventually falls apart around the repair. As always prep is the key, clean the area to be repaired and roughen it up if possible, moderate clamping is a good idea. Buy the small tube, the second half of a big tube is usually gummy and stiff before it's needed.
Yes, it's a paste often supplied in tubes and it can be used to repair holes or cracks in soles as well as re-attaching heels and soles to uppers. The make I used to see being used was "Bison" and IIRC it was sold as "Bison shoe repair paste". I can find a materials data sheet for it:
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I can't see anyone in the UK selling the stuff (not online at least). Woolworths used to stock it, but Woolies have changed a lot of their line up recently - most of them don't seem to sell the range of glue, shoe soles and repair materials that they used to.
Ah, hang on it looks like it has been re-born as "liquid rubber"
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'm sure there are other/cheaper sellers if you have good look around.
Go to your local auto parts store and get the 3M Super weather strip adhesive. The BLACK not the yellow. Put a sufficient quanity of it in there to spread all around, then press the two halves together. NOW pull it back apart and hold it open until the adhesive dries to the touch. THEN and only then, put the shoe on and walk on it. You'll never see it open again.
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