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Monday, October 30, 2006 2:02 PM |
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Providing useful “how to” and “tips and tricks” covering topics such as database admin and development best practices, Toad for Oracle feature insights, and Toad Data Modeler topics.
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Toad’s New & Improved Database Browser |
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:08 AM
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There are many different types of Toad® users, and since job titles and descriptions vary so widely, it’s tough to say a typical Toad user looks like this and thus needs this. Thus Toad has evolved over time to meet the ever growing needs of our customers. Quest has two key Toad Yahoo discussion groups to fa ...
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Speed Up Toad |
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Monday, December 17, 2007 1:20 PM
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It’s not uncommon for software to increase in install size and memory footprint over the years – and Toad®
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Super & Sub Type Option #1 |
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Friday, November 30, 2007 3:50 PM
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When we create a super-and-sub type (a.k.a. Inheritance) entity relationship in a logical data model, it’s very clear what the business requirements being communicated are – that different subsets of attributes comprise the “cumulative entity” being modeled depending upon the business context. &l ...
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Oracle 11g on a notebook: Tread Lightly |
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Bert
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Friday, November 16, 2007 10:41 AM
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This blog posting is not meant to demean or slander the Oracle database in anyway. I’ve staked almost my entire career on Oracle technologies – and I intend to finish these last 7-10 years doing more Oracle stuff. To quote a funny Saturday Night Live skit: “Oracle has been very, very good to me.” So my comments are mo ...
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Expedite Saving Data via Toad |
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Bert
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:14 AM
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Probably one of the most useful and frequented tasks performed with Toad® for Oracle is saving data to a file, such as comma delimited text (or any of the other numerous formats supported). It’s a relatively easy feature to find – you simply depress the “right hand mouse” (RHM) ...
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Oracle Parallel Query Abuse |
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Bert
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 6:46 AM
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Oracle’s Parallel Query Option (PQO) is a fantastic tool, but much like any good tool, it can very easily be used in the wrong situation or simply abused. In those cases, PQO can actually make database performance much worse. Let’s examine some common misuses or misperceptions regarding optimal and efficient PQO usage.
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Running Toad on Linux! |
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Bert
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Monday, October 22, 2007 4:09 AM
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OK – now that I grabbed your full attention with that snappy title, let’s see just how to run the Toad® on your Linux desktop or notebook. Let’s say that you’re running Redhat, CentOS, SuSE or Ubuntu Linux on your PC, let’s further assume that you would like to run Toad either ...
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Toad Sometimes Slow on Oracle 10g? |
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Bert
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:44 AM
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Often people will write or call to relate that Toad® seems sluggish when working against Oracle 10g databases – and that creating new connections in particular seems to take an unreasonably long time. They are often especially frustrated since this problem did not occur with Oracle versions prior to 10g. So what is T ...
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