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Toad World blogs are a mix of insightful how-tos from Quest experts as well as their commentary on experiences with new database technologies.

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Author:	JeffSmith	Created:	Monday, July 02, 2007 1:33 PM
Providing information for Toad users that addresses their day to day challenges, with an additional focus on testing (functional and performance/stress.)

SQL, Fast & Tastes Good
JeffSmith	Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:18 PM

A US-based fast food chain apparently has a new advertising campaign running. I’m not exactly sure what it is supposed to be for, and most of their commercials are pretty confusing. They do have one that I like< ...

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Toad – not just for Oracle
JeffSmith	Monday, September 10, 2007 3:46 PM

Toad^® has been a popular Oracle development and administration tool for the past decade. In fact, the original trademark for our favorite little guy was ‘T.O.A.D’ – an acronym that stood for “the Tool for Oracle Appli ...

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FT-Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Or, FTP with Toad
JeffSmith	Friday, August 31, 2007 4:12 PM

It’s no secret that I am a die hard Toad^® fanatic. There are many reasons for this, but the one I want to talk about today is one of Toad’s best kept secrets: a commercial-grade FTP client built right into Toad!
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The Toad Family brings home a new Tadpole
JeffSmith	Friday, August 24, 2007 9:00 AM

For more than 10 years now, Toad has been THE tool for Oracle developers, DBAs, and analysts. A few years ago, Quest began introducing versions of Toad that brought native support to popular platforms such as
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Finessing Filters and other Fun Features - Part Two
JeffSmith	Friday, August 10, 2007 2:10 PM

In my last blog I attempted to cover all of the cool filters in Toad in a single posting. How silly of me!

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Finessing Filters and other Fun Features - Part One
JeffSmith	Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:06 PM

Having the world’s information at our fingertips via databases is an extremely powerful resource. It can also be quite daunting. Any Oracle user who has had to manage an
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The Quest Easy Button: Faster SQL = Faster Applications
JeffSmith	Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:07 AM

Your Mission: Go fix ALL of the slow SQL in your application ASAP.

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Toad for Oracle: Not Just an Oracle IDE
JeffSmith	Monday, July 02, 2007 1:35 PM

I’ve been working with Toad® for several years now, and even now that I’m NOT directly associated with the Toad development team, my Windows taskbar usually has at least 1 if not 2 Toad programs hanging around. To be honest, if someone were to take Toad away f ...

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