Toad provides an intuitive and efficient way to write, run, and test your SQL and PL/SQL code. Toad supports efficient code management for a single developer or a whole team of developers.
Welcome to Toad
Toad Resources
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Toad Advisor
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Toad Web-based Training
Retrieve License Keys
Create Support Bundles
Required Privileges
Create and Manage Database Connections
About Database Connections
Create or Edit a Connection
Save Connection Passwords
Import/Export Connection Settings
Automatically Connect on Startup
Use Previous Connections
Change Active Connection in Window
Test Connections
End Connections
Commit or Rollback Changes
Editor Basics
About the Editor
About the Output Window
About the Results Grids
Toggle Fullscreen Editor
Open and Save Files
Change Current Schema
Find text in the Editor
Create a Find and Replace Macro
Use Bookmarks
Find in Files
Move Between Editor Tabs
Automatically Back Up the Editor
Use an External Editor
Schema Browser Basics
About the Schema Browser
View Icon Legend
Automatically Refresh the Data Grid
Create Schema Browser Filters
Create Default Schema Browser Filters
Apply Saved Schema Browser Filters
Quick-filter the Left-hand Side
Filter Data in the Schema Browser
Clear Filters
Data Grid Basics
About Data Grids
Anchor Column in Data Grid
Hide Columns
Understand Time Values
Sort and Group Data
Find in Grid
Filter Data
Preview Selected Column
Include Row Numbers
Copy Column Names to the Clipboard
Work with Data
Understand Editable Resultsets
Copy Data to Another Schema
Compare Data
Review Differences
Compare Data Duplicates
Insert/Delete Rows
Post/Revert Edited Data
Edit Data in Popup Editor
Perform Calculations on Grid Cells
Use the Calculator
Work with Database Objects
Describe Objects
Find in Objects
Copy Objects to Another Schema
Create or Alter Objects
Use Existing Object as Template for New Objects
Drop (Delete) Objects
Flashback Tables (Recover Dropped Tables)
View Parent/Child Datasets
View/Modify Privileges
Configure Grantees
Look Up Foreign Keys
Compare Objects
Rebuild Objects
Work with Code
Write Statements and Scripts
Customize your Toad Environment
Use the Code Navigator
Use the Object Palette
Use Code Completion Templates
Create Make Code Templates
Use Code Snippets
Use a Pick List to Complete Code
Use Query Templates
Format Code
Highlight Statements
Fold Code Segments
Change Text to Upper or Lower Case
Swap with Previous Line
View File Differences
Preview Query Results
Save Query Results
Copy Statements between Toad and Development Tools
View Code Statistics
Work with the Query Builder
About the Query Builder
How to use the Model Area
Build a Query
Create a Sub-Query
Populate the Where Clause
Populate the Having Clause
Use the Generated Query
Saving Toad Query Results
Execute Statements and Scripts
About Executing Scripts
Execute Single Statements
Execute Scripts in the Editor
Execute SQL with SQL*Plus
Save Statements (SQL Recall)
Work with PL/SQL Objects
Load Database Object
Reload Object
Create New PL/SQL Object
Extract Procedures
Generate DBMS Output
Execute SQL Statements within PL/SQL
Execute PL/SQL
Debug
About Debugging
Debug PL/SQL
Analyze Code
Optimize SQL
Minimum Oracle Database Requirements
Start Debugging
Set Parameters
Set Parameters in Triggers
Handle Dependencies
Call Stack Window
Stop the Debugger
Prepare PL/SQL Code for Production
View Debug Results
Use DBMS Output
Create and Run Unit Tests
Debug Scripts
Set Breakpoints
Set Watches
Customize Connections
Customize Workspaces
Use Shortcut Keys
Customize Toolbars, Menus and Commands
Use Other Quest Software Products with Toad
Enable Self-Configuring Menus
Show/Hide Toolbars
Rename Toolbars, Menus or Commands
Create New Toolbars, Menus and Commands
Add, Reorder and Remove Commands
Show Additional Menus
Delete a Menu
Reset Default Toolbars
Lock Toolbars
Effect of Upgrades on Customizations
Customize the Editor
Customize the Schema Browser
Customize Schema Drop-Downs
Analyze Code in the Editor
The Code Analysis Statistics window displays, and CRUD (create, read, update and delete) information and rule violations display in the tabs below the Editor.
Note: You can also click 
To describe rule violations
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To view a brief description of the violation, hover over the blue line.
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To view a detailed description of the violation, right-click the blue line and select Code Analysis Violations | Explain Rule.
To change the rule set
Select a different rule set in the Code Analysis toolbar.
Optimize SQL
Work with Code
Optimize
Toad offers several features to help you optimize queries or view the performance statistics for the server. Although Toad provides access to these statistics and/or Oracle utilities, this section describes only how to use the features within Toad, not how to interpret the results.
For an excellent guide on SQL tuning, we suggest Oracle SQL - High Performance Tuning by Guy Harrison available from Prentice Hall Press.
See the online help for more information about these features.
Feature Description Optimize Current SQL Use Auto Optimize SQL to quickly optimize a single SQL statement. Toad searches for faster alternatives and allows you to compare them to the original statement and each other.
SQL Optimizer If you have a Toad Edition that includes the SQL Optimizer package, you can use it to help you optimize your code.
Explain Plan Explain Plan shows the path and order in which Oracle will process your statement. By processing Explain Plan on variations of a statement, you can see how the adjustments will affect the execution.
SQL Trace SQL Trace is a server-side trace utility that displays CPU, IO requirements, and resource usage for a statement. SQL Trace is a much more complete utility than Auto Trace; however, viewing the results can be difficult because the output file is created on the server.
Auto Trace Auto Trace is a mini version of SQL Trace that displays quick results directly on the client. In Toad, the results are displayed beneath the Editor window.
Profile PL/SQL
Work with CodeToad provides an intuitive and efficient way to write, run, and test your SQL and PL/SQL code. Toad supports efficient code management for a single developer or a whole team of developers.