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 Blogs
Toad World blogs are a mix of insightful how-tos from Quest experts as well as their commentary on experiences with new database technologies. Have some views of your own to share? Post your comments! Note: Comments are restricted to registered Toad World users.
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By 0bbf4a6b-ff9f-4ea5-9ee4-915b35a90eaf on
2/2/2012 1:14 PM
In my last post I outlined the method for accessing and using Quest Software’s Toad for Oracle Freeware and Toad for MySQL Freeware AMI, available at aws.amazon.com. I explained in detail how to start the instance, how to download and install an Oracle client, and how to make sure Toad Freeware recognizes the client....
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By ce4e6745-3fec-406d-b3e5-5aa35edbc5fd on
5/2/2011
Disclaimer: I work for Quest Software. I am paid to promote and help sell their software.
Did you know we also give away a lot of software, with no intention of selling it?
One of the most popular database platforms out there is MySQL. I’m going to guess that’s because it is free (for now). Apparently it is downloaded more than 70,000 times a day.
WOW.
I don’t use MySQL Jeff.
If you are a blogger,...
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
12/6/2010 11:26 AM
One of my favorite features of Toad for Data Analysts 2.7 (TDA) is automating complex excel reports. Most reports consist of several sets of data and formatting to make the data attractive or easily readable for the end-user. In this post I will show how to automate these kinds of reports with a combination of export and excel macros.
My sample Sales report consists of the Top 5 products...
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
9/14/2010 6:03 PM
In this posting I will go over debugging steps to find out why a scheduled Toad for Data Anaylysts Script does not appear to be running.
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
4/18/2010 3:29 PM
In this blog I'll discuss how to debug a Toad for Data Analysts Automation Script.
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
3/11/2010 11:25 AM
In this posting I show how to automate exporting and importing and highlight the new changes in this area for Toad for Data Analysts 2.6.
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
2/16/2010 4:45 PM
In this posting I'll show you what Toad for Data Analysts has to offer when using SQL Date Ranges
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
1/31/2010 10:07 PM
In this post I’ll show you how to define and use automation variables to email a customized lettes to an email list.
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
1/20/2010 10:05 AM
In this post I'll show how to produce an exception report using the row count variable and if..condition automation activity.
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By a466cf59-3a8c-476f-88af-7558e629bdfc on
1/14/2010 6:50 PM
Scripting repetitive tasks can ease your work load. Here's how to do it in TDA.
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By Bert (User) on
Monday, November 30, 2009 5:26 AM
Often database professionals need good freeware tools to get their job done. Sometimes it’s because there’s no funding for software. And in some cases a tool is needed to replace the purchased tool that ends up not being able to do the job. Finally in today’s world of open source, some people just hate to pay for tools – even if there is budget and/or the job clearly could benefit from commercial quality tools.
For...
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By Mauritz (User) on
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 12:16 PM
Undocumented functionality in TDA, Toad for SqlServer, Toad for DB2 and Toad for MySQL to use advanced flow control when executing scripts.
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By b6cfd3d4-bba9-47ba-bf24-cf150984e354 on
9/9/2009 5:54 AM
Like most applications, Preferences or Options enable the user to make changes to the default configuration to suit the way they work. The same is true for Toad but there are so many, for some it can be a bit of a challenge finding what they are looking for.
The objective of this blog is to help you get a handle on what the main options are that you probably need to know about. Note that the screen captures...
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