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Toad and Database Commentaries |
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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Flood of Coffee Break Byte Videos, Thanks Gretchen! |
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JeffSmith
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Monday, March 31, 2008 7:22 AM
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The Toad World visitors may have noticed a recent surge in the number of videos available for viewing in the past few days. Toad World will debut a collection of 12 or so Coffee Break Bytes (video tutorials) to highlight the new features for the 9.6 release due out on April 1.
I think these videos very nicely compliment
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Batch Optimizer Part 1 – How the Batch Optimizer Works |
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RichardTo
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Friday, March 28, 2008 4:01 AM
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Written by Rene Woody
We all know that it is important to create SQL statements that perform well in our database environment, but all too often, after creating a SQL statement that retrieves the correct results, the optimizing of the SQL statement is left for another time. Frequently, that time never arrives. Quest SQL ...
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Let's Talk About Compliance! |
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JohnWeathington
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
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Inaugural entry for John Weathington’s Quest for Compliance. Here we get introduced to John, get clear on some compliance related definitions, and get acquainted with the impact compliance has on DBAs, database developers, and IT managers.
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Toad Should be a No-Brainer |
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Bert
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:10 AM
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I often get asked by both new and exiting customers to aid them in the cost justification process for purchasing Toad or upgrading their licenses. I thought since I get asked this so often, maybe a short blurb on the topic would be generally beneficial.
To write this blog, I’m using Microsoft Word. When I’m done, I’ll be em ...
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Debugging PL/SQL, now available for everyone! |
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JeffSmith
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:25 AM
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As of April 1, 2008, if you are a current on maintenance and are using at least version 9.6 of Toad for Oracle, you will have complete access to our PL/SQL, Stored Java Source, and SQL*Plus script debugger regardless of your edition of Toad. Since the debugger made its debut in version 6.3 released all the way back in February of 2000, the functionality has been offered as a premium in Toad for Oracle. ...
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An Analysis of Database Issues |
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MikeA
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Friday, March 21, 2008 9:58 AM
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In my ten plus years as a database consultant before joining Quest Software I had the opportunity to visit hundreds of client sites. At client sites I performed analysis of their environments to help them improve the performance of their database systems. In this blog I want to talk about the top ten performance-related issues that I saw over and over again.
The following table lists them in order of occurrence: ...
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Toad does RAC – Really |
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Bert
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:08 AM
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An increasingly common question these days is does Toad support Oracle RAC (i.e. Real Application Clusters)? And if so – how, when and where?
HOW: There ...
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How to use the Quest SQL Optimizer |
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RichardTo
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:31 AM
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Written by Rene Woody
Quest SQL Optimizer can do an extensive transformation of the syntax of a SQL statement while still maintaining the exact same result set. This exhaustive transformation can produce hundreds of SQL alternatives. So it is necessary to have some insight as how to find a SQL alternative that is better than your ...
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Weird PL/SQL |
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StevenFeuersteinTW
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3/17/2008 12:57 PM
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Collaborate08, annual conference of the International Oracle User Group, and several other national and international user groups, will be held in Denver this year, from April 13th to the 16th. I am going to present three papers, including (for the first time) Weird PL/SQL. I thought you might enjoy reading about some of the weirdnesses of PL/S ...
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What’s Coming in Toad for Oracle 9.6? (Part 3) |
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JohnPocknell
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Monday, March 17, 2008 7:52 AM
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It’s almost that time again as another exciting new release of Toad draws closer !
We’ve decided that, rather than let you wait until this release of Toad before you see what’s new, we’ll give you a little fore-taste now !
The emphasis on this release is to simultaneously conti ...
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