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Jeff Smith
 
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.)

A Complete Solution for Oracle DBAs
JeffSmith Monday, January 21, 2008 10:08 AM
How often are you offered less work or fewer responsibilities? Rarely does that ever happen, and if it does, it could be a bad sign! Well, as a database administrator, your job gets more and more complex every day even as RDBMS vendors keep adding ‘automated management’ features. On top of all your day-to-day tasks and preventive maintenance you perform, your most ...
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Toad for Data Analysis – Tips ‘N’ Tricks
JeffSmith Friday, January 11, 2008 1:41 PM
One might be tempted to think that with such a young tool like Toad for Data Analysis (TDA), that it would be a bit early to start trumpeting its advanced features and ‘hidden’ productivity boosters. In this case, one would be very wrong! Although Toad for Data Analysis is only up to release 1.1, it is built on top of Toad for SQL Server and Toad for DB2’s award w ...
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More Toys for DBAs
JeffSmith Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:38 AM

I’ve been promising to deliver a write-up on Toad’s new support for Statspack, and I’ve finally gotten around to doing it!  Statspack has been around since the 8i release of Oracle. 

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Upgrading to 9.5? Read this first!
JeffSmith Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:30 PM
I was initially planning on writing up a review of the new Statspack support in Toad version 9.5 for my next blog, but I wanted to make sure all of our Toad users were aware of the new installation process first!

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Questions I hear over and over and over…
JeffSmith Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:38 PM
I have worn many different hats here at Quest, and recently put on another in the Sales organization. Regardless of what my official title has been, talking to our Toad customers has always been one of the most rewarding aspects of my career. I decided a long time ago that I would do all I could to master Toad and share my findings with others. I hope to ne ...
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Tuning – Detection, Diagnosis, and Prevention
JeffSmith Friday, October 26, 2007 9:14 AM
If you frequent Toad® World, then you are probably aware of the fact that Quest has a technology that offers to
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A Sneak Peak
JeffSmith Monday, October 15, 2007 2:45 PM
They say time flies when you’re having fun, and it seems like 2007 has gone by at a record pace. 2007 has seen quite a few exciting developments in the ‘Toad World’ arena. In addition to Toad World itself, we have seen a new unit testing tool for PL/SQL and a version of Toad made just for analysts released. In addition we&r ...
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Team Coding???
JeffSmith Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:01 PM

Every software product has a feature or widget that is extremely powerful, but finds a way to confuse more people than it enlightens.

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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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