ToadXpert Installation Development workbench Oracle

By Vinod Kannan (152789)

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Contents
1 TOAD 9.6 TO TOAD 10.5........................................................................3 1.1Save current settings.........................................................................................3 1.2Install Toad 10.5................................................................................................3 1.3Add saved settings............................................................................................4 2 UNICODE..............................................................................................5 3 RELEASE NOTES....................................................................................6 3.1New feature demo.............................................................................................6 3.2New features ....................................................................................................6

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1 Toad 9.6 to Toad 10.5

1.1 Save current settings

If you already is a ToadXpert user and want to switch ICC3 module to the new version should you consider that the installation of the new module will not be able to handle and incorporate the previous setting automatically. It will be possible for you to incorporate these files into you new Toad version but it will require some work. I strongly recommend that you take safety copies of the property files that you would like to preserve. These files might remain after the uninstallation of the previous version but it is still a god idea to always have a safety copy of these files. You will find the files under C:\Program Files\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\User Files. You can review a complete list of these files in Toad Help under 'Properties Files'. My recommendation is that you save at least: Connections.ini - Stores all your connection infromation (i.e the list of connection in the log in screen) Connectionpwds.ini - Stores your password (encrypted). SavedSQL.xml - Stores your SQL history.

1.2 Install Toad 10.5

You can order the installation of the new ToadXpert 10.5 module from Software Catalogue. Your Helpdesk will install the module and at the same time remove the previous installation since they cant co-exist. When you start up Toad 10.5 the first time will you get an wizard that will help you to set up your Toad installation as you want it. There are a few things to remember: 1) You will not be able to import settings from the pervious installations since it does not exist anymore. If you want to move these settings you have to do it manually by following the instruction in the sections above and after this one. 2) In the end of the installation wizard will you get a question regarding Oracle licensing. You can check all those boxes:

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1.3 Add saved settings

The new version of Toad has changed a lot. One of the news is that you now will find the user files in Document and settings instead for under Program files. This means that when you add you saved files should you do it under the following directory: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\Quest Software\Toad for Oracle\10.5 If you have saved a password file you must remember to first open Toad and create a connection and check the save password option. Close Toad and then copy your ini files. If you dont do this will the password file be wiped.

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2 Unicode
One of the major news for us with this Toad version is that this one is Unicode compliant. This does not come out of the box so it requires that you have proper regional and language settings on your computer and that you use an Oracle Client with the proper NLS_LANG. I suggest that you take a look at this short Coffee Break session from ToadSoft that explains how to make this work: http://www.toadworld.com/Portals/0/assets_ifs/flashdemos/T10UsingUnicode/index.htm

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3 Release Notes

3.1 New feature demo

You can learn about the news regarding Toad 10.5 from a demo on ToadSoft: http://www.toadworld.com/Portals/0/assets_ifs/flashdemos/T10WhatsNew/WhatsNewinToadv10.wmv

3.2 New features

New ER Diagrammer - A completely new look and feel interface provides much improved visual display and reporting capabilities. These include zoom, pan, loupe, auto layout, export to graphic as well as HTML reporting. Workspaces allow complex schemas to be sub divided into manageable groups and Categories allows groups of objects to be color coded. Automation Designer - You can automate tasks in Toad and save many of your routine tasks in Toad for reuse, scheduling and sharing by providing the ability to multi execute tasks against multiple database connections for even higher productivity. Unicode Support FINALLY! Multiple Script Execution Across Multiple Databases - Script Manager allows DBAs to use their own or Toad supplied scripts and execute them against multiple database connections at the same time. New Data Grids - Provides you with much more flexibility and productivity, including multi-column grouping and simpler multi-selection of rows and columns. Advanced Data Generator - In addition to generating random data, Toad 10 enables the generation of everyday data such as company names, addresses, zip codes, etc for more realistic debugging and testing. For very high data loads, this operation can be executed on the server for improved performance. Predictive Editing - This feature has been updated to automate the population of the most likely object names, variables, etc. into the code as it is written, based on context, to improve productivity. Code Road Map - Completely re-written to provide a highly visual graphical view of code interdependencies and relationships to other objects. Auto debugging Toad now automates the generation of DBMS_OUTPUT statements. Code Refactoring - Has been enhanced to provide you with more ways to implement coding best practices as they build code.

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Automation Designer - Additional DBA tasks are now automated through the Automation Designer. These include: Data Pump import and export, compare databases, copy table data, generate schema script and generate database script. SQL Tracker (Client) - Formerly known as SQL Monitor, this feature captures SQL executions from an Oracle application running on Windows to help debug a problem or assist in QA. SQL Tracker (Server) - The SQL Tracker module is extended in the Xpert edition to also allow users to capture SQL executions coming from applications by watching a development or QA Oracle server (Windows only), and enables troubleshooting and debugging of applications. Auto Optimize - Provides an extremely simple approach to SQL optimization. While working within the Toad Editor workflow, users can launch the Auto Optimize window to rewrite the current SQL with three easy clicks. Now everyone can optimize SQL regardless of time or skill set.

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