Toad™ for IBM® DB2® How Toad DBA Suite

Complements IBM Data Studio

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We will explore how Toad DBA Suite extends the capabilities of IBM Data Studio in these key areas:

• Developing SQL and working with DB2 data

• Maintenance — Managing database objects and users, task automation and scheduling

• Performance management — Real-time performance diagnostics, database and SQL optimization

• Change management — Configuration changes, schema changes, database level object changes testing

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Developing SQL and working with DB2 data

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Developing queries

Developers and DBAs create new DB2 queries every day, so they need a tool that helps them work quickly and efficiently. Both IBM Data Studio and Toad for DB2 have features for developing SQL.

Data Studio has a SQL

Editor componentthat offers

codecompletion and outline

features.

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Developing queriesToad offers a very powerful and feature-rich SQL editor for fast and efficient SQL development. Features such as script map, advanced code completion, and code snippets make you more productive in developing queries.

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Running the same scripts against multiple databases

Users often need to run the same scripts against multiple databases. You can easily do that in Toad with the Group Execute feature of the Editor, as shown below

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Many times developers and DBAs need to export and reload data from their tables, and they need many different file formats to be

supported.

With Data Studio, you can export data directly from a table into a

few delimited formats

Exporting and saving data with Data Studio

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With Data Studio, you can also save queryresult sets, but your choices of format are

limited there too

Exporting and saving data with Data Studio

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With Toad, you can

export data from tables into many different formats using

the Export Wizard,

shown here.

Exporting and saving data with Toad

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Exporting data with Toad

Toad also enables you to quickly

save query result sets to

many common formats, including

Excel files or instances.

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Importing data with Toad

Toad’s Import Wizard allows you to bring

data from various file formats into your

DB2 tables

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Creating reports with Toad for DB2

Toad’s Data ReportWizard walks you through the steps

to create a professional report

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Creating reports with Toad for DB2

Once the wizard

completes, you can preview and further

customize your report

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To see more examples of how Toad complements and extends IBM Data Studio including developing SQL, database management, performance management and much more, download the entire tech brief at https://software.dell.com/techbrief/toad-dba-suite-for-db2-comparison-to-ibm-data-studio825454/Oh and by the way, you can also watch the on-demand webcast athttps://software.dell.com/webcast-ondemand/productivity-tips-tricks-for-the-latest-version-of-toad-for-ibm-db2823128/and get on your way to easier workdays with Toad!

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To learn more about

Visit www.software.dell.com/toad-for-db2

Toad™ for IBM® DB2®

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