You can export and import Toad connection settings. This feature is especially helpful when you need to work with Toad on a different computer or share the settings with another person. If you save your connection password, it is encrypted in the exported file.
- You can export to XML format.
- You can import from XML or INI format.
To export connection settings
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Click
on the standard toolbar to open the Database Login window.
You can also select Session | New Connection.
- Click
on the toolbar.
- In the Export Connections dialog, click
to select a location and enter a file name for your exported connections file.
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To include connection passwords in the exported file, select Include encrypted passwords. Then enter a primary password. The primary password is used to decrypt when importing the connections file.
- Click Export.
To import connection settings
- Click
on the toolbar.
- Click
- Select Include encrypted passwords and enter the primary password to import the connection passwords along with the connections.
- Click Import.
- In the Database Browser, click the folder icon.
- Select Add databases to tree.
The Database Browser displays columns for Server, Database, Comments, and Last Connected.
in the standard toolbar to open the Database Login window, and then double-click the previous connection from the grid.
in the window toolbar and select an open or recent connection from the drop-down.