Toad for Oracle

News, tips, tricks, and other fun facts about the most popular Oracle database tool.

Format Files w/Toad via Command-Line

Your Problem: You receive code from developers who do not have access to Toad, or choose not to take advantage of Toad’s SQL & PL/SQL Formatter. Before checking their code into your source control repository, you need to format them so they meet your standards. The Solution: Toad for Oracle’s Automation Designer. Toad’s Automation Designer [...]

Capture and Replay Oracle Activity

Sound familiar? Perhaps you have heard of Oracle’s Real Application Testing (RAT) (docs)? An excellent feature, although you will pay for it. If you need a cheaper alternative, then Quest Software might have what you are looking for in Benchmark Factory for Databases (product details). New for v6.5, Benchmark Factory (BMF), now assists you in [...]

Elevenses

Everyone likes to read into numbers and significant dates. Numerology (wiki) attributes a connection from the world of numbers to the physical world. Even though I don’t believe in such things, I can’t help but take advantage of the opportunity to focus on the number ‘11.’ It’s eleventh day of 2011. Toad’s Development Manager is [...]