Release Notes
Thursday, July 25, 2019
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With Toad, 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 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.
Toad for SQL Server 7.0.7 is a patch release with new enhancements and resolved issues.
In Toad for SQL Server 7.0 the following new features were implemented:
See Resolved Issues for more enhancements and resolved issues in this release of Toad for SQL Server.
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Before installing Toad, ensure that your client system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Requirement | Details |
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Platform |
2 GHz processor (recommended minimum) |
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Memory |
Note: The memory required may vary based on the following:
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Hard Disk Space |
800 MB to install Toad Note: The disk space required may vary based on the edition of Toad selected for installation. |
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Operating System |
Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP2 Windows Server® 2012 Windows Server® 2012 R2 Windows Server® 2016 Windows Server® 2019 Windows® 7 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit) Windows® 8.1 (32-bit or 64-bit) Windows® 10, version 1809 Important: Toad uses the Microsoft® Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC) when opening a SQL file to get Full-Text Search status, but DTC is disabled by default on Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. If you are using either operating system, ensure that Network DTC access is enabled on the Toad client. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753510(WS.10).aspx for more information about enabling DTC access. |
| .NET Framework |
Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.7.1 |
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Additional Requirements |
Web Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 11 or later Screen Toad supports screen resolutions up to 3200 x 1800 and display DPI settings up to 150% Copy/Move Database Wizard The SQL Server Backward Compatibility package is required to use the Copy/Move Database wizard. Log Reader The Log Reader requires version 8.0 DLL files in the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package. If these files do not exist on the client, you will need to install them to use some functionality in the Log Reader. |
Before installing Toad, ensure that your server meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Requirement | Details |
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Database Server |
SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 Express SQL Server 2014 Enterprise and SQL Server 2014 Express SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2017 Notes:
Note: To use Access 2016 64-bit to connect to an Access database in Toad, the Microsoft Access Database Engine is required and might not be included in the Access installation. The engine must match the architecture (bitness) of Toad. |
| Cloud Database Service |
SQL Azure and Azure SQL Data Warehouse Note: To be able to utilize a majority of Toad functionality, please grant VIEW DEFINITION on the SQL Azure databases you want to work with. |
| Requirement | Details |
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| Application Virtualization |
When deploying Toad in a virtualization environment, for best results ensure the system accurately reflects the applicable client hardware and software requirements listed in this document. Toad has been developed using Microsoft guidelines (see Remote Desktop Services programming guidelines) and can be deployed and operated in virtualization environments such as Citrix XenApp, Microsoft App-V, and VirtualBox. |
| Server Virtualization |
Toad has been tested with the following:
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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—on the computer.
If a Power User installs Toad, a Restricted User cannot do the following:
The following describes the requirements and restrictions for users who launch and run Toad:
The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Toad for SQL Server:
Resolved Issues in 7.0.7
| Feature | Resolved Issue / Enhancement | Defect ID |
|---|---|---|
| General | Support bundle now generates correctly. | QAT-14988 |
| Script Generation | Generating INSERT statements now works instantly even for tables with large numbers of rows. | TSS-1663/4512804 |
| Pivot Grid | Pivot Grid column subtotals can now be formatted. | QAT-14608 |
| Default subtotal summary type was changed to SUM for string values in Pivot Grid. | QAT-14837 | |
| There is an new option to show aggregate total values for row categories that only have one value. The default is to not display totals when there is only one value. | QAT-14998 | |
| It is now possible to display subtotals for single values. Click Set pivot grid properties on Pivot Grid toolbar to enable. | QAT-14998 |
Resolved Issues in 7.0.6
| Feature | Resolved Issue / Enhancement | Defect ID |
|---|---|---|
| Automation | An issue when Excel spreadsheet exported during Automation was not displayed is now fixed. | QAT-14819/4498499 |
| Compare Object | Generating a Schema Snapshot does not save a file in network path. It appears to do so but does not. This has been fixed. | TSS-1650 |
| Installation | Users should be able to deploy license keys during installation. This was broken in Toad Data Point 5.0 and is now fixed. | QAT-14834/
4510329, 4516827, 4516600 |
| Pivot Grid | A scroll bar has been added to the row area in Pivot Grid. | QAT-14705 |
| Query Builder |
Vertical scroll bar is now displayed in Cross-Connection Query Mode of Query Builder. |
QAT-14749 |
| Query Builder |
A Group By button for aggregated functions has been added to Query Builder. |
QAT-14609 |
Resolved Issues in 7.0.5
There were no resolved issues in this version of Toad for SQL Server.
Resolved Issues in 7.0.4
| Feature | Resolved Issue / Enhancement | Defect ID |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Editor | Users can now select the directory to serialize large results sets. The option is located under Database | Script results | QAT-14377 |
Resolved Issues in 7.0.3
| Feature | Resolved Issue / Enhancement | Defect ID |
|---|---|---|
| Automation | Usage connection from parent activity has been reworked. A new option From parent has been added which indicates whether the currently used connection should recursively search for parents | QAT-13279 |
| Data Compare & Sync | 'Conversion Overflows' error when doing a data compare on a Microsoft Dynamics table has been fixed | TSS-1628 |
| Data Compare & Sync | SQL Server Schema compare now supports FULLTEXT INDEX when table object includes FULLTEXT INDEX type of index | TSS-1423 |
Resolved Issues in 7.0.2
| Feature | Resolved Issue / Enhancement | Defect ID |
|---|---|---|
| Automation | In an Automation script, if a Data Compare activity included a detail report in an email that used a suffix, the report would not be attached and throw an error. This has been resolved | TSS-1633 |
| Automation | Error when .xlsm file could not be exported using Automation script has been fixed | QAT-14201 |
| Connection Manager | SQL Server Connection error now displayed to the user is now formatted correctly | TSS-1491 |
| Data Compare & Sync | SQL Server Schema compare now supports FULLTEXT INDEX when table objects include FULLTEXT INDEX type of index | TSS-1423 |
| Pivot Grid | Pivot Grid now allows you to use Aggregated data values in a calculated field | QAT-14074 |
| SQL Editor | New option in Tools | Options | Editor | Tools | Auto highlight selected word enables auto highlighting of selected words | TSS-1606 |
Resolved Issues in 7.0.1
| Feature | Resolved Issue / Enhancement | Defect ID |
|---|---|---|
| Connection Manager | Import Connections now supports import/browse connections from SSMS 18.0 | TSS-1607 |
| Connection Manager | Contained user could not connect and display objects to SQL Azure database. This has been fixed | TSS-1483 |
| Data Compare & Sync | Error when data cannot be filtered has been fixed | QAT-14057 |
| Data Generator | Data Generator script was failing due to non US regional settings in Toad for SQL Server | TSS-1475 |
| Import Wizard | Toad now handles hidden columns within the Import Wizard | TDB-3648 |
| Pivot Grid | Pivot Grid now supports Top N rows so one can sort and filter for top N values of pivoted data | QAT-12434 |
| Query Builder | Corrected issue in Query Builder to reverse engineer SQL that contained a UNION and where condition | QAT-13812 |
| Query Builder | Prior to executing mixed case aliases, the Query Builder would change to upper case causing the execution to fail | QAT-13581 |
Resolved Issues in 7.0
| Resolved Issue | Defect ID |
|---|---|
| Quick Export now supports Office 365 Excel. | TSS-1309 |
| Corrected a problem where an open transaction was left in the database with the Script tab. | TSS-1325 |
| Corrected slow performance issue with Object Explorer. | TSS-1469 |
| Corrected a slow performance issue on first query of a database. | TSS-1470 |
| Enhanced report that was too long / contained unnecessary information. | TSS-1484 |
| Corrected a problem where running multiple statements took too long in Toad for SQL Server 6.8. | TSS-1450 |
| Punctuation is an unexpected token in Toad for SQL Server 6.8.1. | TSS-1493 |
| Corrected a problem with Data Generator. | TSS-1494 |
| Corrected a problem completing a "Security Migration" task. | TSS-1507 |
| Corrected a problem with Schema Compare - Named versus a System-Named Constraint. | TSS-1525 |
| Corrected a problem with Data Compare - wrong key mapping. | TSS-1521 |
| Corrected a problem with Schema Compare - "use statement is not supported to switch between databases". | TSS-1534 |
| Corrected a problem with Schema Compare - error with stack trace. | TSS-1524 |
| Corrected a problem where Toad for SQL Server crashed when adding a new user from Active Directory. | TSS-1526 |
| Corrected a problem where Toad for SQL Server left open transactions on a busy server. | TSS-1547 |
| Corrected a problem where selection of backup file in Native or LiteSpeed Backup File failed | TSS-1581 |
| Corrected a problem with the shorcut for shared snippets. | TSS-1062 |
| Corrected a problem where the code completion sum function was not working so well on the SQL server platform. | TSS-1575 |
| Corrected a problem where the catalog view 'federations' is not supported in this version" - SQL Azure DataWarehouse | TSS-1548 |
| Corrected a problem where the Snippet Token was not working. | TSS-1453 |
| Corrected a problem with the Refresh button on the Perspective page. | TSS-935 |
| Corrected a problem where an internally generated query caused an idle blocking situation. | TSS-1401 |
| Corrected an error with Insert statement when generating SQL. | TSS-1508 |
| Corrected a problem where the contained user could not connect to the SQL Azure database. | TSS-1483 |
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