Release Notes

Toad™ for MySQL

Version 7.5

Release Notes

Friday, March 20, 2015

Contents

Welcome to Toad for MySQL

New in This Release

Resolved Issues and Enhancements

Known Issues

Third Party Known Issues

System Requirements

Product Licensing

Global Operations

Getting Started

For More Information

Welcome to Toad for MySQL

With Toad™ for MySQL, developers and database administrators can use a familiar, proven tool to manage databases. Toad empowers developers and administrators, of varying skill levels, to rapidly create and execute queries, automate database object management and develop SQL more efficiently.

Toad™ for MySQL also provides utilities to compare, extract and search for objects, manage projects, import/export data and administer the database, while increasing your productivity and delivering access to an active user community.

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New in This Release

This release of Toad for MySQL includes the following new features and enhancements.

Query Development

Background Processes

• The Background Processes pane now identifies the Query Builder or Editor document window (if any) associated with a running process. If you have multiple statements executing simultaneously, this makes it easier to match a running process to its associated document. Click the running process in the Background Processes pane to display the associated document window.

  

• In addition, for each Query Builder or Editor document with an active background process, an animated progress icon displays in the window's tab. This allows you to quickly see which windows have executing statements.

Analyze Joins

• Toad now provides a tool to help you analyze and visualize joins in the Query Builder or a Database Diagram. After building a query or a diagram, click the join between two tables in a diagram. Toad profiles the data based on the relationship between the tables and presents the information in a Venn diagram. Click a section of the diagram to view the values represented by that section.

  The Venn diagram also indicates if a join is a Cartesian join. This gives you the opportunity to modify the join before executing the query.

  

Sort Columns

• You can now sort columns in a table diagram in the Query Builder. Right-click a table and select Sort. This is useful for finding a column when the table or view has a large number of fields.

  

View PDF Files in LOB Viewer

• You can now view PDF files in the LOB viewing pane in the Database Explorer, SQL Editor, or Query Builder. In the Data tab or Result Sets tab, in a LOB column, open the drop-down LOB viewing pane. If the LOB is a .pdf file, it is displayed in the PDF tab.

  

Automation

Throw Error Activity

• Automation includes a new activity that allows you generate an error and add a custom error message to the script execution log. In addition, you can instruct Toad to stop or continue after the error is logged. This can be useful if you want to terminate the script when a condition exists that would not normally cause an error.

  

Automation Reports and Container Activities

• In activities that allow you to select files created in previous activities in a script, reports generated in container activities are now visible in the File Collection Editor.

  

Idea Pond

• Idea  Pond is a site where you can submit your ideas to improve Toad and vote or comment on other people's ideas. Toad's development has always been driven by our customers, and now it is even easier for you to tell us what changes are most important. This site is free for all customers.
• Got a great idea for a new Toad for MySQL feature or enhancement? Share it with the Development Team and the Community by posting it on Idea Pond.
• Visit Toad for MySQL Idea Pond where you can submit your ideas. You can also read and vote on the enhancement ideas submitted by other users.

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Resolved Issues and Enhancements

The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Toad.

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Known Issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.

Third Party Known Issues

The following is a list of third party issues known to exist at the time of this release.

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System Requirements

Client Requirements

Before installing Toad, ensure that your client system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Server Requirements

Before installing Toad, ensure that your server meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Virtualization Support

User Requirements

User Requirements to Install Toad

Only Windows Administrators and Power Users can install Toad.

If an Administrator installs Toad, the Administrator can share the Toad shortcut icon on the desktop and menu items with any user—a Power User, Restricted User, Vista standard user—on the computer.

If a Power User installs Toad, a Restricted User cannot do the following:

• Associate file extensions.
• View the Toad shortcut icon on the desktop or the Toad menu options in the Windows Start menu. As a workaround, Restricted Users can create a shortcut to Toad from the install directory and place the shortcut on their desktop.

User Requirements and Restrictions for Running Toad

The following describes the requirements and restrictions for users who launch and run Toad:

• To create or modify the QuestSoftware.ToadSecurity table to enable Toad Security, the user who maintains this table must have privileges to create, insert, update, and delete it. All other users need only the ability to read the QuestSoftware.ToadSecurity table to use Toad Security features.

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Product Licensing

This product does not require licensing.

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Global Operations

This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.

This release is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. It supports simultaneous operation with multilingual data. This release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America, Western Europe and Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Far-East Asia, Japan.

This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: No known limitations.

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Getting Started

Contents of the Release Package

The Toad™ for MySQL release package contains the following products:

1. Toad for MySQL
2. Product Documentation, including:
   • Installation Guide
   • Online Help
   • Release Notes

Installation Instructions

For installation instructions, see the "Toad™ for MySQL Installation Guide" found on the Community site, http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-mysql/w/wiki/297.product-documentation.aspx

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For More Information

Get the latest product information, find helpful resources, and join a discussion with the Toad for MySQL team and other community members. Join the Toad for MySQL Community at http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-mysql/default.aspx.

Contact Dell

Dell listens to customers and delivers worldwide innovative technology, business solutions and services they trust and value. For more information, visit www.quest.com.

Technical Support:
Online support

Product Questions and Sales:
(800) 306-9329

Email:
info@quest.com

Technical Support Resources

Please be advised before installing: Toad for MySQL is an official Dell Software Inc. Freeware Product. This license does not entitle Licensee to receive technical support from Dell .

Get the latest product information and find helpful resources at the Toad for MySQL Community at http://toadformysql.com/index.jspa.

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