Wiki Page: How to import data from an Excel file into a table?
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View ArticleWiki Page: Getting TOAD
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View ArticleWiki Page: Toad Version History - which one should I use?
See: Toad for Oracle Product Release History
View ArticleWiki Page: SQL Execution Plans
Q: Is there a way to understand why indexes aren't being used, even if they are referenced in the WHERE? A: Not really. For example, suppose WHERE GENDER = 'M' and I know there is an index in the...
View ArticleWiki Page: SQL Optimization
This FAQ was adapted from a live-audience Q&A with Bert Scalzo following a webcast Q: Auto optimization ... Does it impact performance as it is actually running each alternative to get the run...
View ArticleWiki Page: Using SQL Optimizer with Exadata
Q: I assume that the indexing in Exadata is not as important due to cell storage. Generally speaking, “full table scans” are not to be avoided as with non-Exadata databases. Exadata has numerous...
View ArticleWiki Page: Toad Editions and Licensing
This FAQ was created from a live-audience Q&A with Bert Scalzo following the webcast “ Pinpoint and Optimize Inefficient SQL with Toad™ for Oracle®. ” Q: Which product do you recommend for me to...
View ArticleWiki Page: Toad for Oracle Documentation
Online Help is your first stop, of course, and if you use Toad version 12 or later, Jump search is your answer. In Toad 12.x, you can access this forum right within Toad via Jump search. Online Help in...
View ArticleForum Post: TOAD version 12.1.1.1 Users guide/manual
I have a hopefully easy to answer question Where can I find a users manual/guide for TOAD version 12.1.1.1. I assume if the exast 12.1.1.1 is not available, the nearest version (ie 12.0.1 or 11.9)...
View ArticleForum Post: Code formatting
My string continuation are set as shown in the attached pic. When formatted It does a new line for each VAR (top pic an insert) What I want is all my string || to be as shown in the DBMS_OUTPUT.putline...
View ArticleForum Post: Trace File Browser Filter Exclusion Capabilities
Is there an easy way to exclude dynamic sampling from the TFB? I think this is just the SELECTs with an embedded /* DS_SVC */ or the hint dynamic_sampling(0). An separate exclusion filter box like the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Code formatting
Hello James, Doesn't the "Wrapped" option help? You'll probably still have multiple lines, but less lines anyway, dependent on the right margin you have set. Thanks, Andre
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Beta Released (13.0.0.7)
We are suffering from some caching issues as mentioned the other day. For now update manually using the site is your best bet. The hosting location of our files have changed. The Toad World site has...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Beta Released (13.0.0.7)
It was strange that the .6 update worked from Toad but not the .7. Thanks for the clarification and I'll use the manual update until further notice.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Can Explain Plan not use "INTO toad_plan_table" by default?
Hey Rich, I am making a change for next beta that if your plan table is specified in the options as "PLAN_TABLE", then we'll leave the INTO clause out completely it in the "explain plan set" commands....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Toad - Script manager bug
Hello, Its little hard to replicate because it doesnt happening every time. First, you must have more then one datafile (I have them in same folder). Then you can try using first one, then close Toad,...
View ArticleForum Post: Project manager width not preserved across restarts
All, I'm on Toad for Oracle, Beta 13.0.0.7. Whenever I start Toad, the project manager view is enabled as it was when I ended my last Toad session. However, the display is made so narrow that most of...
View ArticleForum Post: Toad Formatter
Hello, I've got Toad: 12.6.0.53 And em stuck with oracle formatter. Have configured indent size of 3. but formatter still gives me 2 if 'Don't align the Oracle association operator (=>)' is...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Toad slow
John, my virtual desktop had insufficient internal storage available :-( I'm sorry to have bothered you with such trivia. Thanks anyway! Kind regards, Abe ===
View ArticleForum Post: Weird alignment of column aliases
All, This relates to Toad for Oracle; Beta 13.0.0.7. I have checked the formatter setting to align column aliases. Then I reformatted a package containing the following cursor definition: cursor c_main...
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