TOAD 101INTRODUCTION TO TOAD

Oracle Database Development

Toad® is the de facto standard- Hundreds of thousands of users worldwide choose Toad

Toad improves productivity and code quality for database professionals:- PL/SQL Developers- Application Developers- DBAs- Business Analysts- Development/IT Managers

Improve Your Productivity with Toad

Build and execute queriesCreate and modify database objectsDevelop and debug SQL and PL/SQL code Instant access to Oracle expertise

Increase Your Application Code Quality

Integrated SQL tuning PL/SQL analysis and code review

Rely on Toad’s Interactive Community

Online discussion groupsQuest Pipelines Web siteNewsletters & events

Toad’s Key Benefits

Improve productivity with easy-to-use functionality to create/execute queries, create/modify database objects and develop application codeIncrease code quality with integrated utilities to optimize PL/SQL code and tune SQLBenefit from Toad’s large community of peers and experts for platform expertise, tips, best practices and up-to-date product newsBacked by Quest as a corporation to provide the needed support, events, training and R&D as a vendor for the future

Toad for Oracle’s History

Dec ‘00Oct ‘98

v5Initial Quest

release.Yahoo! Groups and

Todsoft.comestablished.

June ‘99

V6.1Already has 70

distinct screens.

Feb ’00

V6.3Debugger, SQL

modeler, oracle 8 object support.

Previous Freeware Version

April ‘01 Dec ‘01 Apr ‘02

v6.5DBA Module.

v7.2Script

Manager, SQL*Loader

Wizard.

v7.0Toad Reports.

v7.3HTML Schema

Generator, CMD Line Support.

Freeware Update July ‘05

Oct ‘02 May ‘03 Nov ‘03 July ‘04 Nov ‘04 June ‘05 Q4 ’05

v7.4Project

Manager,QSR.

v7.5Team Coding,

Data Grid support for

advanced data types.

v7.6Session Browser,

new toolbars.

v8.0XML Support,

CodeXpert,Script Debugger.

Rebranded –Toad for Oracle

v7.5J & v7.5U Unicode and

InternationalizedJapanese Editions.

v8.5JIT Debugging,

Citrix, RAC, enhanced 10g

support.

v8.6Re-designed

Modeler, M/D Brower,New Reporting Engine,

EBiz Module

Toad for Oracle Roadmap

Q4‘05

Q1‘06

Q2‘06

Q3‘06

Toad for Oracle 8.6 Toad for Oracle 9.0

Installing Toad – Install Options

• Toad Trial available on http://www.quest.com/toad/software_downloads.asp– Don’t use the trial for upgrading commercial Toad (cannot

enter a permanent license key)• Commercial Toad available from Quest Supportlink

http://support.quest.com– Toad has a single installer for all configurations– Toad Read Only installer for users needing an executable

designed to prevent its users from changing the database.

Introduction to Toad

Toad allows you to accomplish tasks quickly, and more accurately.• Quickly create, edit and save a SQL statement using the SQL Editor• Edit other programming languages with the text editor• View data in a grid format and save it to another format such as XML,

Excel, etc.• Accomplish other daily tasks quickly: import/export data, compare

schemas, update statistics - even FTP• Get instant access to Oracle and PL/SQL expertise through integration

with Knowledge Xpert™ for PL/SQL and Oracle Administration• Code, profile, debug, and tune PL/SQL• Drag and drop Oracle Objects into your PL/SQL programs• Find performance issues such as long-running sessions • … and much much more…

Toad Installation Types

• Normal Client Install• Network Installation• Citrix Install

Connection Colors

The Basics

• TOAD Options– View > Options– View > Formatting Options– Edit > Editor Options– Help

Toad Options

• Options– Managing long

executions– Control Data Type

Display– Set Grid Selection

Style– Customize Initial

Windows Open for Startup

– Customize Menus and Toolbars including fonts

– Search to find all options

Toad Utilities

• Utilities– FTP– Network Utilities

• Telnet, Rexec and Ping– Archive (Ability to automatically ZIP)– Script Manager

• Manage, run and edit multiple scripts via the Script Manager

Basic TOAD Windows

• Schema Browser• SQL Editor• Procedure Editor• SQL Modeler

Schema Browser 1/2

• Review related objects and their properties– Left side tabs for database objects– Review display options for LHS

• Multi-line tabs• Single line tabs• Drop down• Treeview

– Right side tabs for object specific properties (details)• Set appropriate filters

– View > Browser Filters– Filter icons on each tab

• Add additional LHS columns

Schema Browser 2/2

• Object Navigation– Customize view by right click in the gray area of the object

icon bar– Drag columns for ordering– Limit schemas via the View, Oracle Users List– Filter – Multi-Select– Right Click

• Table - Create insert statements by where clause

SQL Editor 1/3• Execution modes

– SQL Editor Run – Run Current – Run as Script– Switch sessions to quickly run statements in different instances

• Format Code – Transform chaotic code into easily managed, aesthetically pleasing code– Right Click->Formatting tools-> Format code– To setup, go to: View->Formatting Options

• Other language support– Support Dephi, Java, Perl, C++, VB– Make/Strip Code Statements– Chosen through options menu

• SQL Recall – F8/SQL-Window to access previously executed SQL– Personal SQL– Named SQL

SQL Editor 2/3• Mouse Shortcuts

– Table and Column Names• Slide outs• Drag and drop functionality

– SQL Function Templates• Function syntax and description• Add

• Keyboard Shortcuts– F4 – Describe object– Table and Column Names

• Table:First letter or letters of the table and hitting <CTRL . >• Column: Table or alias <.>

– Auto Replace• Replace as you type

– Code Templates • <CRTL Space>• Right Click ->"Editing Options -> Code Templates • #provided + customize and shortcut

SQL Editor 3/3• Edit data from grid

– In the editor <Edit Table name>– Include “rowid” in query– Red/Green Button

• Change grid– Drag columns for ordering– Preview Column– Fix Grid columns– In cell Calculator and Calendar– Multi-select– Memo Editor (preview longs)

• Save query data as– Comma/Tab/other delimited– HTML– Insert Statements– SQL Loader– MS-Excel– XML (plain or with XSL)– Unix style

• Automatically Zip!

Procedure Editor

• Stored program toolbar– Customizable templates for creating stored programs– Load programs from files or from database– Compile and Execute stored programs

• Error message and output display• Similar functionality to SQL Editor• Debugging available

SQL Modeler• Drag and drop Tables, Synonyms or views from Object Palette• Double click the links to view the joins• Select columns of Interest or drag and drop into treeview• Setup column functions or aliases by double-clicking columns in

the treeview• Drag and drop the columns into the where, group, and sort areas

to setup conditions• R/C columns and check/uncheck visible to include in the select

list• View query as its built in the bottom panel• F9/green play button executes the query to return a data set• Send Query to SQL tuner, SQL Editor or create a custom report

from the results grid

Query Builder

TOAD Reports• Print out various preformatted reports

– Tables, indexes and columns– Views– Stored procedures– Invalid objects, resource usage– Many more

• Professional formatted documents of database objects• Runs separately from TOAD• Save as HTML, Adobe, RTF, XLS & JPG

Custom Report GenerationFrom any data grid, select Report from the Grid Menu to generatecustom report

• Step One - Select columns, group by column(s), Layout, & Style.• Step Two - Adjust report definition to suit your needs.

– Customize headers & footers – Insert custom images – Rearrange dataset layout – Add calculated fields – Insert custom code

• Step Three - Preview or Save your Report– Print – Find data – Save the report design to run later – Export the report to bmp, pdf, html, excel, e-mail, csv, text, print, and

more

New Reporting Engine

• Toad now has a new mechanism for generating reports automatically off of Oracle datasets. This functionality is available for any Data Grid in Toad.

• Access the report engine by selecting the grid, then going to the Main Menu bar - File - Grid - Report.

Toad Add Ons• Knowledge Xperts• SQL Tuning• Toad Debugging• DBA Module• E-Business Module• Benchmark Factory• Data Factory• QDesigner

New E-Business Suite Module

• Optional Module needing license key (just like DBA module)

• With Option there is a new Menu “eBiz”• Includes:

1. A Browser, much like the schema browser. 2. A Monitor, much like the database monitor 3. A Report screen with about 10 built-in reports. you can

modify them or add your own. 4. A "Lookup finder". a place that Oracle Apps developers

can use to find lookup objects and types when writing their queries. You can supply lookup code and/or meaning.

Toad for Oracle E-Business

• Oracle E-Business Suite is a complex application; hundreds of thousands of views, tables, procedures and data setups

• Toad for E-Business simplifies the navigation and display of all these objects

• Toad for Oracle E-Business helps streamline development and administration in with the E-Business Suite– Same familiar Toad user interface to browse table, view,

PL/SQL, write queries, etc– Adds functionality to easily drill into Oracle E-Business

specific data with a seamless user interface

Toad for Oracle E-Business

• Reduce the required research time when developing new components for the Oracle E-Business Suite– Make is easy to see related information on one screen– Developers can work in one tool when developing new

programs. Eliminates the need to log into the application to determine setup values or configurations

• Reduce the administration effort when investigating issues– Rapid navigation between the Application Monitor and

User configurable Application reports with an intuitive user interface speeds troubleshooting

Oracle E-Business Browser

• The eBiz browser allows administrators and developers to quickly navigate some of the most common Oracle E-Business data types – Activity, Applications, Audit, Concurrent Programs,

Request Sets, Users, Workflow, Printers, Profile Options, Key Flexfields, Descriptive Flexfields, Lookups, Menus, Patches, Data Groups, and Invalid Objects.

• Object types are shown with detail screens which allow developers to see key information such as internal IDs, values and other information relevant to the object type.

• Innovative views, like time shift, point in time, and audit give administrators the tools they always wished they had.

Oracle E-Business Browser

• E-Business browser allows developers to easily navigate application features

• Applications• Users• Workflow• Flexfields• Profile options• Menus• Audit• etc

Oracle E-Business Lookup Finder

• The eBiz lookup finder helps the developer find the lookup table or lookup name by only knowing the displayed value of the lookup or list of values (LOV).

• The lookup finder allows developers to search lookups by the displayed meaning (or lookup code or lookup type).

• Save time hunting down the appropriate lookup when developing a new form or when configuring concurrent program parameters.

• No need to manually look through long lists of lookup tables to find the one that needs to be updated.

Oracle E-Business Lookup Finder

• Hard to find the lookup type or code based on view application behavior?

• Use the lookup finder to determine what lookups are being used

Oracle E-Business Monitor

• Application administrators can use the eBiz Monitor to measure activity in the application

• The eBiz monitor allows administrators to identify periods of peak activity

• Display information about concurrent requests, users logged in and workflow transactions

• See at a glance if problem exist with pending requests of excessive workflow errors

• Save time locating the problem spot with the graphical view of your application environment

Oracle E-Business Monitor

• Use the application monitor to track performance and usage across the application

• Users• Concurrent

requests• Workflow

Oracle E-Business Reports

• The eBiz report builder allows developers and administrators to quickly design and format reports on critical application data which can be saved and rapidly executed.

• Utilizes new Toad features while allowing users to store E-Business specific reports within the eBiz report group.

Oracle E-Business Reports

• Create reports on the Fly

• Save Useful reports which are specific to your business

• Easy to design

• Easy to Preview

Knowledge Xpert• Knowledge Xpert products

answer 70-80% of questions faced by Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server professionals

• Thousands of topics written by industry experts– Steven Feuerstein, Mike

Ault, Bert Scalzo & many others

• Self-directed for all experience levels

• Thousands of reusable examples

• Quick reference to error messages

• Promotes knowledge sharing across an organization

Knowledge Xpert Products

• Knowledge Xpert for PL/SQL– Comprehensive online technical resource that covers the

lifecycle of PL/SQL development– Code library with 1,000 pre-built procedures and functions– 25,000+ error messages across multiple versions (Oracle

7.3 - 9i)– Flexible and customizable

• Add your own notes, docs, etc.

Knowledge Xpert Products (cont’d.)

• Knowledge Xpert for Oracle Administration– 3,200+ topics cover the complete range of a DBA’s daily

responsibilities– Covers Oracle 7.3 – 9i– Over 200 tested DBA scripts– Active “Database Analysis” topics provide expert advice

about your database environment

Data Factory

• Ideal for unit testing• Loads test database applications with up to 100,000

rows of meaningful test data• Maintains referential integrity, supports multiple foreign

keys• Supports data aging

Benchmark Factory

• Benchmark Factory for Databases reduces production performance problems by 75% by testing database load before production, decreasing hardware and software costs and increasing the accuracy in planning scalability and capacity.

• Ideal for database load testing– Can tell you the breaking point of load to your database

• Execute multiple user loads from multiple machine sources

• Standard TPC benchmarks included

Key Benchmark Factory Capabilities

• Generates/simulates database workload– Replaying production activity– Running PL/SQL or SQL scripts– Synthetic workload – standard benchmark (TPC-C)

• Puts load on the database– Simulates multiple concurrent users running transactions– Pushes load until the database breaks

• Measures and reports transaction response time and throughput– Reporting allows comparison of test runs, so you can

compare performance between different databases and environments

See transaction times based on increased virtual user load

The Toad Family is Growing!

• Toad for DB2, Toad for SQL Server and Toad for MySQL are here!– Datasheets and demos are on the CD you were given

when you signed in this morning…check it out

Toad World, your one stop for all things TOAD!

• Toad World http://www.toadworld.com/

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