Toad® for Oracle v10.
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Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Essential Functionality Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Object browsing and navigation
Create and manipulate database
objects trough graphical interfaces
Editing capabilities: snippets,
predictive typing, syntax highlight,
code folding
Customizable code templates and
code formatter
Unicode support
Development Functionality
Query Builder
Integrated Debugger
Advanced ER Diagram with HTML
reporting and email
Build database code dependencies
diagram (Code Roadmap)
Compare code difference in database
objects and files
External/remote debugging (used
when the db code is called from
apps. like Java, C++, VB, etc.)
Convert embedded SQL to other
programming languages (Delphi, C,
C++, Java, Perl and VB etc.)
Browse Oracle Export file content
and selectively extract objects and
data
Automated functional code test
creation and unit test execution
Team Collaboration
Share common standards and
templates
Integrates with more than 10 version
control systems
Manage project assets
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Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Code Analysis and SQL Tuning Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Visual SQL explain plan
Trace user sessions and visually
display Oracle Trace file output
Display session information and
performance metrics
Automated code analysis and
validation against SQL and PL/SQL
coding best practices
Automated, configurable, objective
code reviews and reports,
maximizing code quality
Identify problematic SQL directly
from database objects, files and
source code
Automate SQL rewrites to locate the
most-efficient SQL alternative
Optimize multiple SQL statements in
batch in context with the source code
and provide optimized code
Recommend indexes and analyze
impact on database environment
through index simulation
Test SQL and PL/SQL for scalability
under simulated user loads to
validate performance under
production conditions
Schema, Data and Change
Management
Advanced, highly productive data
grids offering simple column
selectivity and grouping
Data import/export from data grid
into/from Excel files and other
formats
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Schema, Data and Change Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Management Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Data compare and synch
Display table data representing
Parent-Child dependencies (Master
Detail Browser)
Reverse engineer objects DDL
including roles, permissions to
recreate objects in a different
db/schema
Compare schemas using live
connections or pre-saved offline
snapshots
Generate test data (randomized or
real-world)
Import/export data utilities
Analyze the impact of new indexes
and index changes on the database
Analyze SQL execution plan changes
between different database
environments (i.e. dev vs. prod or
Oracle 9i vs. 10g)
Replay database workload to
simulate production load levels in a
test environment prior to
deployment or implementation of
database or platform changes
Reverse engineer database schema
into a physical data model, compare
with another version and generate
alter script
Reverse engineer physical data
model into a platform agnostic
conceptual data model
Round-trip engineer from database
or DDL between different database
platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server,
Sybase, DB2, etc
Compare and generate schema
change scripts between two or more
schema versions
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Schema, Data and Change Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Management Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Compare and generate schema
change scripts between two or more
versions of offline schema snapshot
files
Reporting
Generate customizable database
reports in HTML format
Automate report generation and
distribution
Generate code review reports
covering all aspects of code quality
assessment
Generate reports on over 120
aspects of database configuration,
schema and security vulnerabilities
Generate reports on potentially
problematic SQL and optimization
results
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Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Database Administration Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Browse multiple managed databases,
perform tasks and drill down to
object level
Browse and navigate database-
specific objects like tablespaces and
roles
Manage database objects, such as
tablespaces
Display performance metrics from
V$, GV$ and SGA
Check database for security
vulnerabilities
Execute one or more scripts against
one or more databases
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Performance Diagnostics and Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Tuning (Oracle instances) Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Integrate with OEM's performance
pack with Oracle tuning advisor *
Identify top sessions and resource-
intensive SQL
Playback historical activity on Oracle
instances to find the source of
performance issues
Simple, highly visual alert-based
point-and-click problem resolution
for Oracle databases.
Simple, highly visual alert-based
point-and-click problem resolution
for Unix, Linux or Windows-based
servers.
Perform database predictive
diagnostics to pre-empt and mitigate
potential future performance
bottlenecks.
Perform over 120 database health
checks including Performance and
Storage
Collect data from Oracle StatsPack or
AWR * and display advisories to
correct potential performance issues
Manage space, repair chained rows
and estimate space usage
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Tuning and Change Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Management (Oracle RAC) Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Simple, highly visual alert-based
point-and-click problem resolution
for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Provides DBAs with visibility into the
instance, cluster and interconnect
levels for performance diagnostics
Enables DBAs to launch Spotlight on
Oracle directly in context with an
instance exhibiting performance
issues
Playback historical activity on to find
the source of performance issues.
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Tuning and Change Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Management (Oracle RAC) Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Perform industry standard
benchmark testing on Oracle RAC to
determine optimum CPU/node
configuration.
Replay database workload to
simulate production load levels in a
test Oracle RAC environment prior to
deployment or implementation of
RAC configuration, database or
platform changes.
General
Read-only mode
Restrict access to Toad features
Direct access to feature-based videos
Direct access to knowledge and
educational content on Toad World
and other resources using a search
bar.
Context-sensitive PL/SQL knowledge
base, including best practices,
worked examples, error messages
and much more
Distribute and optionally enforce
configurations and settings to group
of users
Macro/action record and playback to
share, schedule and automate tasks
across one or more databases
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Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Multi-database functionality Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Data analysis support for Oracle, SQL
Server, DB2, MySQL, Sybase, Access,
Teradata, Netezza, PostgreSQL (etc)
from a single interface**
Integrated tools for query
development including Query Builder
and Editor**
Heterogeneous queries**
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Professional Module (add- Development for Oracle - RAC
Base Edition Xpert Edition for Oracle
Multi-database functionality Edition on) Suite for Oracle Edition
Import & Export utility**
ER Diagrammer & database
browser**
Data compare and sync across
different database platforms**
Graphical automation of workflow
tasks for re-use and scheduling**
Pivot Tables, charting and
comprehensive reporting**
Reverse engineer database schema
into a physical data model, compare
with another version and generate
alter script***
Reverse engineer physical data
model into a platform agnostic
conceptual data model***
Round-trip engineer from database
or DDL between different database
platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server,
Sybase, DB2, etc***
Optional functionality. May access OEM packs. Disabled by default.
** Delivered through Toad for Data Analysts, available for use with your Toad license
*** Delivered through Toad Data Modeler, available for use with your Toad license
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