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?
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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: Compare Data in Toad for Oracle 12.12.0.39
I am attempting to compare tables between two databases. The tables do not have a unique key, but I am applying a where statement on the "Choose Tables" section of the compare data. I then processed to...
View ArticleForum Post: COL command in Toad - Newbie questions
I'm trying to run the following in Toad SQL Editor....it keeps squawking about the "col" command. Can you not format columns in SQL Editor, or am I just doing something incorrectly? Thanks from a...
View ArticleForum Post: small problem when trying to change the "default Oracle Home for...
Trying to change from 11g-home to 12c-home. All my current Toad connections showed 11g as the home. Open Toad with no connections and set "Connect Using:" to 12c-home and check the "Make this the TOAD...
View ArticleForum Post: Running a script that usually outputs to "User Files" area
Hi I'm after some help. Our software suppliers occasionally ask us to run a script against our database that creates a spool file that outputs to our "User "Files" folder for TOAD. We've recently been...
View ArticleForum Post: Blog Posts: Toad Explain Plan Practices by Bert Scalzo
Hello, I am looking for the third, in a three-part series titled “Toad Explain Plan Practices”, written by Bert Scalzo. The URLs for the first two parts are shown below. Each article mentions three...
View ArticleForum Post: getting error while extracting Data using toad
Hi, My query looks like below. select * from table_name where column_name IN (values) and trunc( CREATEDATE ) > trunc(sysdate) - 60 We were able to run this query successfully and extract the data....
View ArticleForum Post: Sched. Job Classes script will not display Grants
The Class has a grant, but checking the Script option for Grants does not display grant statement.
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