By dnorwood (User) on
10/19/2012 5:14 PM
We released several cool new features in Toad for Oracle 11.6 that extend your use of Toad beyond the desktop – namely MyToad and the Toad World Repository. MyToad is a web application where you can execute scripts, custom SQL, or Toad actions & apps remotely from any modern web browser or mobile device. The Toad World Repository, on the other hand, is a public cloud repository where Toad users from around the world can share scripts with each other. These features are designed to increase your productivity and give you tools while you’re on-the-go. This article will help you get everything set up.
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By dnorwood (User) on
6/18/2012 6:14 PM
With last week's v1.6 release, Toad Extension for Eclipse adds MySQL to the list of supported platforms. So whether you're working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL - on Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X - there's a Toad for you!
If you're currently using Toad Extension for Eclipse, here's how you enable this support.
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By dnorwood (User) on
4/25/2012 5:10 PM
Yep, you read that right... I'l do my best to keep things "magical and revolutionary!" along the way. 
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By dnorwood (User) on
4/24/2012 3:34 PM
Let’s face it, as cool as our Mac’s are, they’re not cool enough to be top of mind for Oracle. (I think they need another serving of Apple Kool-Aid over there in Redwood Shores…) Anyway, getting things working on Mac OS X isn’t terribly difficult unless you’re still a little wet behind the ears. I’ve been a Mac fan and occasional user for years, but this was my first attempt at configuring it to connect to Oracle. Now that I’ve got it working, I’ll share what I’ve learned and hopefully save a few of you the trouble of stumbling around the interwebs in the dark…
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By dnorwood (User) on
4/17/2012 1:13 PM
No, you’re not going crazy… it really is gone. Here’s why.
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By dnorwood (User) on
1/4/2012 6:08 PM
We recently released version 1.5 of the Toad Extension for Visual Studio. This release adds support for PL/SQL debugging as well as editing/executing SQL scripts - without ever leaving the Visual Studio IDE. Come take a look!
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By dnorwood (User) on
10/20/2011 1:37 PM
If you're paying attention, you may have noticed that we just renamed the Toad Extension for Eclipse freeware product to a "Community Edition." Why did we do that? I'm glad you asked.
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By dnorwood (User) on
6/30/2011 4:18 AM
As you may know by now, the Toad Extension for Visual Studio makes it possible to integrate your database schema changes into a continuous integration or continuous build deployment scenario. But when it comes to *actually* configuring it in Team Foundation Server, what's needed? Take a look in this post at a quick walkthru of the process.
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By dnorwood (User) on
4/14/2011 9:23 AM
We've made some *significant* performance improvements in the latest release of Toad Extension for Eclipse!
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By dnorwood (User) on
3/30/2011 3:17 PM
As you may know by now, the Toad Extension for Visual Studio makes it possible to integrate your database schema changes into a continuous integration or continuous build deployment scenario. But when it comes to *actually* configuring it in Team Foundation Server, what's needed? Take a look in this post at a quick walkthru of the process.
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By dnorwood (User) on
3/9/2011 2:43 PM
I’ve always thought that the open source community were somewhat masochistic, or at least borderline workaholics. It seems “like doing a lot of hard work for no pay” to me. Why do it at all? Don’t you have a life…?! (Sure, some are probably the proverbial "basement dwellers," I know!) This was an interesting snippet from an anthropological study conducted on the RedHat Fedora community between the Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 releases...
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By dnorwood (User) on
12/30/2010 5:21 PM
Are you a Java developer using Eclipse? If you're reading this, I'll assume you've at least heard about Toad... well, we're working on a version of Toad that runs within Eclipse! It's our hope that having Toad inside of the Eclipse framework will make things easier for those of you who may be constantly switching back and forth between Eclipse and Toad today. In this post, I want to give you a brief update on where we're at with the project.
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By dnorwood (User) on
9/20/2010 5:05 AM
That’s right, folks – you heard it here first! Please welcome the newest addition to the Toad family: Toad Extension for ECLIPSE!
For many years, we’ve heard this request: when will you create a Toad that runs in Eclipse? An increasing number of you – the loyal Toad users – are working with Java in Eclipse and we want to make your database development experience in Eclipse a lot easier. We believe...
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By dnorwood (User) on
9/14/2010 2:55 PM
Good news!! The much anticipated update to Toad Extension for Visual Studio is here! I know many of you have been patiently waiting for an update to add support for several things, so this should be a very interesting release. Here's the skinny on what's been added. Click on one of the links below to download the latest version and try it out for yourself.
Additional Oracle Data Types Supported — Toad Extension...
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By dnorwood (User) on
7/8/2010 2:45 PM
If you're a .NET developer using Visual Studio 2010 Professional, then this is for you!
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By dnorwood (User) on
6/30/2010 8:42 AM
Toad Extension for Visual Studio is designed to integrate your Oracle development process with your .NET process.
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By dnorwood (User) on
2/19/2010 3:54 PM
I'm proud to announce that "ProjectFuze", the code name for Quest Software’s database schema provider (DSP) for Oracle in Visual Studio 2010, is now part of our Toad® solutions! Beginning with Toad for Oracle over 10 years ago, the Toad family of products is designed to help you do your job better, regardless of which platform you work on today - or tomorrow!
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By dnorwood (User) on
9/21/2009 12:37 PM
Written by Jeff Smith, Quest Solutions Architect
Toad is a brand at Quest. We have several tools that have been built explicitly for developers and administrators in the Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, and MySQL universe. After gaining the following of about 2 million users over the past decade we realized that more than a third of our users did not fall into the ‘developer’...
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By dnorwood (User) on
8/24/2009 8:30 PM
Have you considered switching to Toad for Data Analysts but have too much invested in your old query builder? Have you ever looked at a query with a complex join clause and wished that you could see it mapped out visually? You're in luck - Toad for Data Analysts can help! Toad for Data Analysts can take your SQL statement and reverse engineer it into a visual Query Builder. In this blog post, I’ll show you how to do it quickly and easily!
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By dnorwood (User) on
7/29/2009 12:21 PM
We all come from different backgrounds... some of us are old Toadies, and some of us are used to different tools. Did you know that Toad for Data Analysts can be configured to act and look much like Toad for Oracle and many other tools? Even down to the keyboard shortcuts? I'll show you how.
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By dnorwood (User) on
6/30/2009 4:10 PM
Toad for Data Analysts v2.5 is just around the corner. In anticipation of the release, I want to highlight a few of the enhancements that we've made to the product. I'll be posting a new feature every few weeks, so stay tuned!
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By dnorwood (User) on
5/29/2009 3:02 PM
If there's one thing we hear people asking about it's "How can I use Toad for Data Analysts to automatically update my Excel report?" This blog entry is dedicated to just that. I'll show you how you can get your Excel reports to update from the database in just a few steps - and automate the process for next time!
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By dnorwood (User) on
3/27/2009 4:30 PM
If you’re like many of the analysts I speak with on a regular basis, then you use Microsoft Excel. It’s a staple of the Information Age, right!? It seems like you can do everything but wash your car with Excel. But what if you want to get that data out of your database and into a series of worksheets… on a regular basis…? Unless you have lots of free time, this is probably something that you don’t look forward to. Let’s take a look at how Toad for Data Analysts can make your Excel-life even easier!
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By dnorwood (User) on
11/5/2008 3:04 PM
Query Builder is the heart and soul of Toad for Data Analysis. We've spent lots of time and effort working to make it very useful and intuitive. Recently, in version 2.0 of Toad for Data Analysis, we introduced a few new features including reverse engineering SQL to a Query Builder model, creation of DDL scripts and better connection awareness. The linked doc is a very nice write up that Shawn Pickett (Senior Developer) and Alan Bala (Development Team Lead) have put together.
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By dnorwood (User) on
9/19/2008 11:46 AM
Toad for Data Analysis now comes included with Toad for Oracle!
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By dnorwood (User) on
6/23/2008 6:52 AM
For those of you who may not come from a super-technical background, the term “ER Diagrammer” may sound strange or unfamiliar. Well, for the record, the term “ER Diagrammer” stands for “Entity Relationship Diagrammer” – a fancy name for a tool that displays the relationships between objects (like tables) in the database. You may ask, “Ok, but why is such a technical tool in a product like Toad for Data Analysis that’s supposed...
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By dnorwood (User) on
5/20/2008 1:44 AM
We’ve done a lot in Toad© for Data Analysis to make it user friendly and intuitive. Naturally, what’s user friendly to one person may be a bit confusing to someone else. This post will show you how Toad for Data Analysis can be changed to something more comfortable or familiar.
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By dnorwood (User) on
4/30/2008 10:13 AM
Often when writing a query you need to get data from a range of dates; when you start thinking about automating the SQL query it’s even more important. In this post I’ll show you a quick trick to let Toad for Data Analysis figure it out for you!
For this example I’ll be working with Oracle though it’s no different for other platforms. In my Oracle database, if I wanted to get a list of the orders that were placed...
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