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It is reassuring to see Quest’s continued support of the freeware edition. The 2010 update brings the freeware version essentially up to date – adding support for Oracle 11g, along with a lot of other new functionality and relaxation of previous feature limitations. Since Quest acquired Toad back in 1998 there has always remained a slightly restricted freeware version of the product available, however it was based on an old release of the product. Other significant historical events were the 20 updates to the Freeware version of Toad. Version 8.5, released in July 2005, added JIT debugging, Citrix support, RAC and enhanced 10g support amongst other items and version 8.6 (October 2005) included support for the Oracle E-Business Module, improved SQL Modeller, master/detail browser enhancements and a new reporting engine. Since then, Toad has had approximately two major releases per year. During 1998, Quest software acquired the product and continued development, with the first official Quest release being Version 5 in October 1998. Development began way back in 1995 by an individual programmer. Toad has more history than any other Oracle development product that I have used. In this review I will focus on Toad for Oracle and give a brief outlook of new features of 11.0 and 11.1 beta version of this product.Įase of integration with other tools and systems First Toad release started for Oracle database and today Toad supports various database platforms: SQL Server, MySQL and DB2. It is made for both amateurs and professionals. It is useful in the area of database development, optimization, database administration, as well as advanced PL/SQL editing and code correctness. The new era has come since Toad became the perfect tool for multi purpose tasks. Today, Toad for Oracle presents a solution for a great platform where Database Quality, Performance and Availability functions for administration and development enable you to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately. 9.3 ADDM Report Generator, AWR Browser and StatsPack Browser.

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