Toad
®
“Toad improves productivity for both our
developers and DBAs. Thanks to its automation,
developers and DBAs can operate more
efficiently—and independent of one another—to
quickly analyze problems and tune the databases.”
—Brian Christensen,
Director IT Business Systems
Cisco
• Analyze PL/SQL and SQL and get
detailed recommendations for
corrective actions with Code Xpert
• Debug PL/SQL, SQL scripts, Java
Stored Procedures and external
application source code with
integrated Debugging Suite
• Centrally manage and share Toad
for Oracle
Fast, Accurate Development and Simple Administration
As an Oracle database professional, you have many tasks on your plate, such as querying, reporting, writing
and debugging code, administration and tuning. To handle your workload, you need a solution that
automates daily tasks as well as provides a flexible workflow for quickly transitioning from one task to another.
Toad® for Oracle provides a new frontier in productivity for DBAs, developers and analysts. With its superior
usability, automation, education and flexibility, Toad enables efficient and accurate development and
administration of Oracle databases. Its installer also includes a multi-platform querying and reporting tool—
Toad for Data Analysts; with this tool, you can access data from multiple sources and export it to a variety of
programs, including Microsoft Excel.
With input from Quest Software’s Oracle experts including Steven Feuerstein and Bert Scalzo, as well as
contributions from a loyal user community, Toad for Oracle has evolved into the most advanced solution of its
kind on the market. It is the ideal tool for both the expert and new Oracle user, providing:
options and standards with Toad
• Greater efficiency when performing daily tasks
Group Policy Manager
• Automation to accomplish more tasks in less time and with less effort
• Simplify database administration
• Integrated educational resources, including Toad World, to search and learn as you work
with more automation using DB
• Exceptional usability to better utilize best practices and minimize coding errors
Admin Module (formerly
• More accuracy in writing, debugging and tuning code
DBA Module)
• Automate validation of SQL with
optimization tool to ensure the
best possible performance
• Ease access to project code and
maintain its integrity via Team
Coding (with VCS integration)
• Generate everyday data with
Advanced Data Generator for
more realistic debugging
and testing
• Leverage more than 120
database analysis checks across
groups such as Configuration,
Performance and Storage with
Database Health Check
• Flexibility to perform many development and administration tasks from a single tool
• A smooth workflow for easily moving from one task to another
• Extensive reporting capabilities that produce quantifiable data and documentation
Toad for Oracle Configurations and Modules
Recommended Bundles by Job Function
• Use enhanced visual display
and reporting capabilities in
ER Diagrammer to get a clearer
understanding of the schema
environment
• Automate tasks and save many
routine ones for reuse, sharing
and scheduling via Automation
Designer
• Use your own scripts or those
supplied by Toad and execute
them against multiple database
connections
• Easily find educational resources
in Toad World, Knowledge Xpert
and Toad’s Help library with
integrated Toad World searching
System Requirements:
Client:
Toad for Oracle Configurations and Modules
The Toad for Oracle base edition offers a wide range of features for building and maintaining database
programs, including PL/SQL and SQL scripts. It includes a robust, integrated debugging suite for PL/SQL
and SQL*Plus scripts. Toad for Oracle also includes Toad for Data Analysts to easily query, understand and
document data from almost any source. This edition has built-in PL/SQL, SQL and database administration
knowledge bases—Knowledge Xpert for PL/SQL and Knowledge Xpert for Oracle Administration, which
allow you to:
• Build queries for any database platform and export them to any format, including Excel
• Construct and manage database objects with ease
• Share project assets—such as templates, scripts, and code snippets—with other team members, using
the Project Manager
• Record workflow steps and replay them later with Automation Designer (formerly called AppDesigner)
• Visualize and better understand the schema environment using ER Diagrammer and Code Roadmap
• Centrally manage and share Toad options and other settings with Group Policy Manager
Toad for Oracle Professional includes all of the features in the Toad for Oracle base edition, plus CodeXpert,
which automates code quality reviews to ensure they’re objective and consistent. By incorporating rules from
seasoned technologists such as Steven Feuerstein, you have a virtual expert at your fingertips to advise you
on your code. Code Reviews also generate a quality and performance scorecard for your code.
• Pentium PC or higher
Toad for Oracle Professional also includes Data Generation, which can populate tables with multiple rows
• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/
of realistic data for functional testing. The Export File Browser simplifies the extraction of useful information,
2008
including objects and data from an Oracle export file, saving you the hassle of importing the entire file.
• 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Plus, the Professional edition of Toad includes import/export utility wizards, which streamline your work by
• 75 MB disk space/100 MB for
integrating with Oracle’s Import and Export utilities.
Xpert Edition
• Oracle SQL Net, Net 8 (32-bit
only) Net 9, Net 10, Net 11 or
Instant Client 10 or 11
• VGA monitor with display
capabilities of at least 1024 x 768
resolution
Server:
• Oracle versions; 8.0.6; 8.1.7; 9i;
9iR2; 10gR1; 10gR2 and 11gR1
• All server platforms supported
Toad for Oracle Xpert includes all of the features in Toad for Oracle Professional, plus integrated SQL
performance tuning through SQL Optimizer. Quest SQL Optimizer for Oracle automates the validation of SQL
and PL/SQL to ensure the best possible performance. It scans code (SQL and PL/SQL), identifies potential
performance issues and, if better-performing SQL alternatives exist, it generates the replacement code for
immediate implementation into the code base. Through SQL Optimizer, Toad for Oracle Xpert can also
generate index options and perform index impact analysis in a test environment to determine the overall
performance impact of those changes.
Toad Development Suite for Oracle comprises Toad for Oracle Xpert, Quest Code Tester for Oracle and
Benchmark Factory® for Databases and provides an easy, automated way to leverage all the capabilities of
Toad. It allows you to deliver high-quality applications that meet user requirements and perform reliably
under production conditions. The Development Suite helps you focus on three areas to deploy the best
possible code to production:
• Developing code faster and with fewer bugs—utilize Quest Code Tester for Oracle, the first automated
PL/SQL testing tool on the market, in concert with the Toad for Oracle Debugger
• Optimizing SQL code—use CodeXpert to simultaneously scan code and perform a quality review; use
SQL Optimizer to rewrite the SQL and ensure the delivery of efficient and easy-to-maintain code
• Validating code—leverage regression tests built during development with Quest Code Tester for
Oracle; test code for performance and scalability under production-like conditions with Benchmark
Factory for Databases
Toad DBA Suite for Oracle is an integrated suite that includes four products: Toad for Oracle Xpert,
Spotlight® on Oracle Standard Edition, Toad Data Modeler and Benchmark Factory for Databases Oracle
Edition, plus the Toad DB Admin Module (formerly Toad DBA Module). It simplifies routine database
administration tasks and helps you resolve performance issues before they affect the production
environment. The Toad DBA Suite for Oracle lets you:
• Administer databases and manage schemas with ease
• Diagnose performance problems in real time and historically
• Tune code for optimal performance automatically, and in batch
With the Toad DBA Suite for Oracle, you can cut development and administration costs by automating
everyday tasks—thereby reducing the total cost of ownership for Oracle.
Toad for Oracle DB Admin Module helps maintain database health and stability. The Database Browser
is the essential database administration console, enabling navigation across multiple databases while
providing deep object-level browsing for any Oracle database using an embedded schema browser. In
addition, Toad’s Database Monitor can be used to trigger alerts on dynamic database performance issues
that can be diagnosed using Quest’s Spotlight on Oracle.
Administrators can quickly:
• Compare and synchronize database schemas
• Perform database object management
• Schedule batch jobs and execute multiple scripts and tasks against multiple databases
• Manage Oracle user accounts and user sessions
• Execute a 120-point database analysis health check across multiple databases including categories such
as Vulnerability Assessment, Configuration, Performance and Storage
About Quest Software, Inc.
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supports smart systems management products—helping our customers solve everyday IT challenges faster
and easier. Visit www.quest.com for more information.
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