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Options for the Schema Browser
You get to the Schema Browser Options menu through the View | Options (or the Configure Options button ) | Schema Browser item. The options are on 2 pages accessed via the Data and Visual tabs.
Data tab
Only show one Schema Browser per database connection
Default - Unchecked
If checked, Toad will only permit one Schema Browser window to be opened per
Oracle connection. This conserves operating system resources, because the
Schema Browser is loaded with widgets, buttons, and bitmaps. If the user tries to create another Schema Browser window, and one is already open, Toad will just switch to the existing Schema Browser window.
This option is similar to limiting the number of SQL Edit windows in the SQL
Editor option (Only show one SQL Editor per database connection) and
Procedure Edit windows in the Procedure Editor options menu.
Use same schema after changing sessions
Default - Unchecked
If checked, when you change sessions within the Schema Browser the selected schema will be the same.
Omit SYS objects from the Procedure Dependencies List
Default - Checked
If checked, Toad will omit SYS owned objects from the Procedure Dependencies lists (Deps tabs on the Procedure detail panel and the trees in the View
Dependencies window), such as standard packages, DBMS_STANDARD,
DBMS_UTILITY, etc.
Automatically show filter dialog for filtered lists on Browser
Default - Unchecked
If checked before the Schema Browser window is opened, a Filter Dialog will display for the user to enter filter criteria for tables; then the Schema Browser will open with only those objects matching the filter.
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Save filters for LHS lists
Default - Checked
If checked, Toad will save the objects panel browser filters to disk in files named
SCHEMA.FLT in the \Toad\User Files folder.
If you want to reset your Schema Browser filters each time you close and open
Toad, uncheck this option.
Auto refresh details after selecting object on left hand side
Default - Checked
If checked, when you select an object from the objects panel Toad will auto refresh the details panel.
Milliseconds for List Search Timer on LHS Lists
You can select how many milliseconds for the list search timer. The spinner range is 500 to 20000 milliseconds.
Refresh Browser
After an object is created
Default - Unchecked
If checked, when you create a new object from the Schema Browser window,
Toad will refresh the window after the object has been created. The object will be listed in the Object Panel list.
After an object is altered
Default - Unchecked
If checked, when you create a new object from the Schema Browser window,
Toad will refresh the window after the object has been created. The object will be listed in the Object Panel list with its changes.
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User/Schema Lists
Default - Show all users
Radio buttons let you choose Show all users, Only show users that own objects,
Only show users that own objects excluding Synonyms, or Only show users that own objects excluding synonyms and temporary tables.
This filter makes the schema dropdown list more manageable. This option affects all windows in Toad with Schema dropdown lists, e.g. "Table Name Select",
"Column Name Select", etc.
LHS Copy Mode
You can select multiple objects on the left hand side, and press <CTRL><C>.
The list is copied to the clipboard and you can paste it into your SQL Editor,
Procedure Editor, and so on.
Items separated by commas
When this option is selected, the list of objects will be pasted all on one line, separated by commas.
One item per line
When this option is selected, the list of objects will be pasted on multiple lines, one object to a line. This is the default behavior.
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Data and Info Grids
Data Grids
Save data grid layouts
Default - Unchecked
When checked, Toad will automatically save the Data tab grid layouts with respect to column order and custom column widths.
Sorting and Filtering are a function of the data filters and are automatically saved, whether or not this option is checked.
Set focus to data grid after selecting table, view, or snapshot
Default - Unchecked
If checked, after you first pull up the Schema Browser page and select a table, view, or snapshot on the objects panel and Data on the details panel if you start typing you'll be automatically editing in the data grid section. Otherwise, the focus will remain on the objects list.
Use NOPARALLEL hint in data grids
Default - Unchecked
On tables that have parallelism (degree or instances <>1), Oracle runs multiple processes when you query them. In this case, processes are not removed until the cursor is closed which you accomplish by either closing the Schema Browser or moving to a different table. Since the Schema Browser Tables Data page does not perform any heavy processing, these processes can be performed better elsewhere.
When checked, Toad will use the NOPARALLEL hint in the data grids, causing the queries to consume less of Oracle’s resources.
Enable Foreign Key (FK) lookup in data grids
Default - Checked
When checked, you can look up foreign keys in the data grids.
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Include disabled FK constraints
Default - Checked
If checked, disabled function key constraints will be included in the data grid lookup window. If unchecked, only enabled constraints will display.
Don't select BLOB/CLOB fields in data grids
Default - Unchecked
If checked, BLOB, CLOB, and NCLOB type columns will be excluded from the query for the Data tab in Tables and Views pages. BLOB and CLOB data types can be large and can take a long time to load.
Limit grid fetch ___ fetches (25 records)
Default - Unchecked
If a value is entered, the SQL results grids on the Tables | Data tab and the
Views | Data tab are limited to that number of rows. It will fetch that number
(n) of rows, then a prompt will ask you if you want to keep fetching rows. If you respond yes, it fetches n more rows and then prompts again. This option does not affect the SQL results grid on the SQL Edit window.
Wrap INSERT statements when exporting table data
Default - Checked
Info Grids
Allow extra lines for column comments
Default - Checked
If checked, the comments are shown in the grid and are wrapped so that you can see the full text of the comments. The rows of the grid are resized so that the full column comments are shown.
If unchecked, each column occupies one row and only what fits on one line is shown.
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Default - Unchecked
When unchecked, the entire hierarchy of dependencies is displayed for all grants regardless of level.
If checked, only the top level grants (grants that have been directly granted to the user) are shown on the Users, Roles, Sys Privs, and Resource Group tabs.
This can improve the loading time for the tabs.
Auto-size info grid columns
Default - Unchecked
If checked, Toad will automatically size the width of the columns list in the details panel to the width of the text.
Show Column Length Info with Column Data Type
Default - Checked
If checked, columns will show in the columns tab in the format "VARCHAR2(20)" including max length, scale, and precision (if applicable). If unchecked, length, scale, and precision will display in separate columns in the grid.
Show Table Stats (on the Tables > Stats/Size tab)
Default - Checked
If checked, Toad will show the table stats information. You can also check this
ON or OFF via check boxes on the Stats/Size tab.
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Visual tab
Show
Left hand side
You can select any of the following. All are checked by default.
Toolbars above object lists- toolbar of commands displays above object lists
Tab/Dropdown Icons- object icon displays on the object tab or next to the name in the dropdown list
Item Hints -hovering the pointer over an object on the LHS displays a pop up hint describing the object
Right hand side
You can select any of the following. All are checked by default.
Object Create/Alter dates - will display on the details panel above the tabs
Primary Key columns for tables - will display the list of Primary key columns on the Tables/Columns tab to the right of the show comments dropdown list. For some tables with long column names and/or compound primary keys, this label might not be long enough. Toad places a black triangle next to each column in the columns list that is a Primary Key column.
Sort package procedures alphabetically
Default - Unchecked
If checked, when you expand the hierarchical view of packages, procedures and functions in the specification and body display in alphabetical order. If unchecked, they display in the same order that they appear in the code.
Enable DROP ALL buttons
Default - Unchecked
If checked the Schema Browser Drop All buttons will be enabled for the current session. Drop All buttons in the Schema Browser are in the details panel of the
Schema Browser | Tables - Constraints, Triggers, and Indexes tabs and the Schema Browser | Snapshots - Indexes tab.
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Compile mode button
The Select Compile Mode window lets you select to Refresh items one by one or Refresh the entire LHS when complete. If Don’t ask before compiling
in the Schema Browser is checked, Toad will not ask you if you want to compile when you are in the Schema Browser.
Default schema for connections to: current connection
Default - no schema selected
You can enter a default schema in this box. When a connection is made to this database, the Schema Browser will open to this default schema. If the default schema does not exist on the connected database, the Schema Browser will open to the connected schema.
This option can also be changed via the Schema Browser popup menu items Set
current schema as default and Clear default schema.
Default schema for connections to: current schema@current connection
You can enter a default schema in this box. When a connection is made to the database, the Schema Browser will open to the default schema. If the schema does not exist on the connected database, the Schema Browser will open to the connected schema.
This option can also be changed via the Schema Browser popup menu items Set
current schema as default and Clear default schema.
Browser Style radio buttons
Radio buttons let you choose Tabbed Object Type Selection (Schema Browser object types will display in a tabbed interface), Dropdown Object Type
Selection (the object types will display in an alphabetized dropdown list), or
Tree View (a tree view style display). If you choose Tabbed Object Type
Selection you can also choose to Use Multi-line tabs on the left side. If checked, once a line of object tabs is full the schema browser tabs will display on multiple lines. If unchecked, once a line of object tabs is full, the tabs will display with a horizontal scroll bar.
LHS Font
Click the LHS Font button to set a font for the left hand side of the Schema
Browser. A sample of the chosen font displays to the right of the button.
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Browser History
Limit to nn Items
Default - 25 items
Use this box to select the number of items the Browser history will remember.
The History button keeps track of every item selected in object lists on the left panel.
Restore History on connection
Default - unchecked
If this option is checked, if you disconnect and reconnect Toad will remember your Browser history. If unchecked, when you end the connection the Browser history will be lost.
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Types tab
Capitalize keywords during code generation
Default - Checked
If checked, when code is generated to create the objects, keywords will be capitalized.
Autoload Tables Based on Object
Default - Unchecked
If checked, will automatically load and display the tables based on the selected object and display them on the Properties tab.
Autoload Columns Implementing Object
Default - Unchecked
If checked, will automatically load and display the columns implementing the selected object on the Properties tab.
Autoload Dependencies
Default - Unchecked
If checked, will automatically load and display the objects that the selected object is dependent upon.
Name new objects, Name new attributes, Name new methods,
Name new collections
This is the name that will be given to a new object, new attribute, new method, or new collection, until you rename it to something more meaningful. For each successive object, attribute, method, collection a number will be appended to this name.
Default Method Restrictions
This lets you select the method restrictions: WNDS, WNPS, RNDS, and/or RNPS
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Default attribute type
Default - VARCHAR2
This is the default data type for a new attribute.
Default method Type
Default - Procedure
This is the default method type for a new method when the New Method button is clicked. Alternate method types can be selected from the dropdown.
Default function type
Default - INTEGER
This is the default function type for a new function.
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