Toad® for Oracle

Version 11.5.1.2

Release Notes

June 07, 2012


Contents

Welcome to Toad for Oracle

New in This Release

Resolved Issues and Enhancements

Known Issues

Third Party Known Issues

Upgrade and Compatibility

System Requirements

Global Operations

Getting Started

For More Information


Welcome to Toad for Oracle

Toad for Oracle provides an efficient and accurate way for database professionals of all skill and experience levels to perform their jobs with an overall improvement in workflow and productivity. With Toad for Oracle you can:

The Toad for Oracle solutions are built for you, by you. Over 10 years of development and feedback from various communities like Toad World have made it the most powerful and functional tool available. With an installed-base of over one million, Toad for Oracle continues to be the standard tool for development and administration.

Toad for Oracle Editions

All commercial versions of Toad are bundled with additional Quest products, based upon the Edition that you purchased. For more information about the latest features in your Toad Edition and the bundled products, see the Toad Editions Release Notes.


New in This Release

Review the following sections for new features in this release.

All Toad Editions

General

Workspaces

Editor

Query Builder

Professional Edition and Higher

Code Analysis

Code Analysis (formerly CodeXpert) is Toad's powerful code review and analysis tool. It helps you ensure that the performance, maintainability, and reliability of code meets and exceeds your company’s best practice standards.

Watch the Evaluating PL/SQL Code Quality with Code Analysis video on Quest's video channel.

Code Analysis has the following new features:

DB Admin Module, DBA Suite Edition, and DBA Suite RAC Edition

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.

The following Idea Pond submissions were implemented for this release:

Enhancement Idea Pond ID

Increased the default size of the Data Files display and combined size/unit fields.

If the file name doesn't fit in the field, you can hover over it to see the full path.

560
In the Session Browser, "Time Waited," "Average Waited," and "Max Waited" are now configurable by a "Time Unit" drop-down above the grid on the right. 373
In the Schema Browser, a "Show Context" checkbox has been added to Used By. 496
Added the ability to move object-type nodes in the Schema Browser Treeview mode. 527
If the Oracle version number is higher than the version number specified by Oracle’s “Compatible” parameter, Toad will now generate DDL corresponding to the Oracle version specified by “Compatible.” 510
Added '+' to the right of opened tabs. Double clicking it creates a new tab using your default tab style. 200
Added 'x' to easily close individual tabs. 69

Document Recovery now has a full-file preview area.

428
You can now save your workspace, and have the workspace opened again to save time when you reopen Toad. 56

Toad now prompts you before it reestablishes connections after waking up from sleep or hibernation so you can ensure your network connections get reestablished first.

193
Data compare can now compare data between two databases without DB Links. 83
Tooltips have been added for minimized F4 popup windows so they are more easily identified. 464

Resolved Issues and Enhancements in 11.5.1

The following lists include issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Toad.

Feature Resolved Issue ID
Code Analysis Code Analysis results are now correct when running the action parameter file from a Command Line. 99027
Explain Plan RHS connection is now getting set. 99316
General You can now import CLOBs. 99136
Import Table Data Data from text file now gets inserted into all columns in all cases. 99319
Options Visual Style is now being saved after closing Toad. 99260
Options Editor|Behavior|Code Templates: Deleting Code Templates no longer causes an access violation error. 99329
Query Builder Strip formatter header tagline from generated SQL issue has been resolved. 99315
Quest Script Runner qsr.ini file was being written to the wrong place; this has been resolved. 98502
Schema Browser Data grid filter/sort settings established in a previous Toad version are now upgraded properly. 99071
Schema Browser Access violation no longer occurs on the Types tab. 98466
Schema Browser Error dropping index on tables tab. 99137
Schema Browser Right-click, Save to file now includes Schema Name for packages. 99584
Task Scheduler Under Windows 7, when creating or editing a task schedule, the Advanced button is now available. 99066
TNSNames An exception is no longer raised when you edit an entry in TNSNames editor. 99074

Resolved Issues and Enhancements in 11.5

Feature Resolved Issue ID
Analyze All Objects Lock indicator now persists after close and reopen. 92,999

Automation Designer

Empty INI file no longer being created at app level. 92,365
Compare Schemas Generate Schema Script/Schema Compare: Schema Compare now loads existing Object Set files correctly. 75,880
Compare Schemas Sync script in base edition: loophole; this issue is resolved. 91,792
Compare Schemas Compare Schemas - Name change is now recognized. 56,626
Compare Single Objects Differences no longer appear when comparing identical users. 93,311
Code Analysis Codexpert command line problems have been resolved. 56,970
Code Analysis Line number indication in CodeXpert is now correct.

67,455

Code Analysis Error posting data to CX Tables has been resolved. 90,133
Code Analysis Wording in lower report indicates cells borders will be colored, but are not; this has been resolved. 91,176
Code Analysis Toad no longer crashes with specific syntax violation. 92,081
Code Analysis Code Metrics portion of the Code Analysis HTML report is now correct. 80,275
Code Analysis TOAD no longer remains open with CodExpert Cmd line. 76,251
Code Analysis Code Analysis is now functioning properly with CONNECT_BY_ROOT. 76,355
Code Analysis Code Analysis does not like PIVOT in SELECT; this has been resolved. 80,013

Connections

Connecting to a schema that owns a user-created "user_objects" table now works properly.

92,416
Connections Exception handling for RAC check when DBMS_UTILITY not granted has been added. 95,413
Database Objects Describe within a describe no longer yields access violation. 92,299
DB Links

SHARED keyword missing in Oracle => 9iR2; this has been resolved.

92,228

Data Grids

No error is generated when inserting data if column is made NOT NULL.

92,953
Detail Testing

There is now an option to include "identified by" values.

92,495

Detail Testing

You can now prefix tables with SYS in queries referencing SESSION_ROLES.

95,354
Detail Testing

Not nullable columns set by triggers can now be left null.

92,841
Detail Testing

You can now save changes to filter after view/edit query.

93,037

Detail Testing

Max size is now pre-populated in datafile definition window.

94,095

Detail Testing

You can now connect to VCS in TFS 2010.

91,735

Detail Testing

LHS tree is now refershing properly.

91,412

Detail Testing

Table is no longer overwritten when export actions are created via snapshot. 91,121
Detail Testing Double-clicking "last record" button no longer causes delays. 98,271
Editor

SQL extract no longer triggers code fails.

91,889
Editor Cursor no longer jumps when formatting/reformatting. 92,229
Editor Code with a special char crashes Toad; this has been resolved. 93,179
Editor Desktop and Toolbar Editor tab rotate option now functions properly. 94,255
Editor Desktop and Toolbar

Editor layout now saves properly when you close Toad.

94,186
Editor Options Spaces are no longer being trimmed in Code Templates. 92,300

Explain Plan Tab

Explain Plan now prints properly.

60,227
Export DDL Only items checked are exported to file. 95,841

(F5) Script Execution

Bind variable error not showing in Toad but does show in SQL Plus; this has been resolved.

60,958

(F5) Script Execution

Toad now supports to_binary_double SQL function in script engine.

96,548

(F5) Script Execution

PROMPT command now sends newline.

93,754

(F5) Script Execution

Script cancel dialog now keeps a running "n of n" count.

91,442

(F9) Execute and Compile

Updates are now made when using column aliases.

92,415
(F9) Execute and Compile Error when retrieving SQL trace file in Editor r-click; this has been resolved. 96,886
File Menu You can now select a printer when printing from Editor. 86,68
FTP FTP pane typing search is now working. 80,715
Generate Schema Script Generate Schema Script now generates Schema Definition files. 75,933
Generate Schema Script There is now an "identified by values" option in GSS. 92,844
Generate Schema Script Constraint objects are now showing when combined with tables. 93,698
HTML Schema Doc Generator

Procedure's source now appear correctly in HTML output.

91,745
Import Table Data Import of custom date field is now correct. 91,935
Import Table Data Excel import now refreshes columns on multi-sheet imports. 91,706
Messages

Messages subtab now provides horizontal scrolling.

91,787
Options

"ProxyEnable" error when entering Options on Citrix; this has been resolved.

90,879

PLSQL Debugger

Setting a watch with package var no longer closes Toad.

92,994

Procedures-Packages-Functions

Execute is enabled for packages.

91,891
Query Builder Rewrite

Pressing the delete key no longer causes an access violation error.

92,539

Query Builder Rewrite

Nested query with count(*) no longer causes an access violation error.

90,603

Query Builder Rewrite

Running rewritten query with case statements no longer causes an error.

92,847

Query Builder Rewrite

Null Substitution functionality is now available.

87,405
Schema Browser

You can now see compile errors for package bodies in SB.

91,668
Schema Browser

Ability to use the list of values button in RHS filter window is restored.

91,491
Schema Browser Copying BLOB data to another schema no longer causes an out-of-memory error. 93,432
Schema Browser Selected row in columns tab now stays in view. 92,950

Schema Browser

Numbers entered as Scientific Notation are now displayed properly.

92,225

Schema Browser

Single line tab order is retained on restart.

91,448
Session Browser Selecting two connections and activating Statistics tab no longer causes delays. 92,336
Session Browser Missing sessions in Session Browser; this has been resolved. 90,872
Session Browser Current statement is now querying SQLTEXT correctly. 56,734
Session Browser NULL module columns are now being excluded correctly. 93,704
Tables

Toad: Scripts generated now have tablespace for XMLTYPE.

56,097
Tables

Error "mCols: Cannot perform this operation on a closed dataset" - this has been resolved.

91,304
Tables Rebuild table SQL no longer shows owner name twice for trigger object. 91,544
Tablespaces

The +DATA wording has been added to TS scripts on ASM instances.

91,494
Tablespaces

File ID column now sorts numerically instead of alpha sort.

92,957
Tablespaces

'' is not a valid floating point value" error is no longer generated in alter tablespace.

91,122
Tablespaces

Activating tablespace map in base edition no longer causes an access violation error.

91,447
TOAD Desktop File compare window is now associated with the correct connection.

95,887

TOAD Desktop

Error reading StatusBar.Left: Out of system resources; this has been resolved.

91,256
Top Session Finder Pie chart accurately represents top sessions when number of sessions reduced. 96,958

Team Coding and Source Control

You can now run an upgrade script as a non-DBA user.

91,582

Team Coding and Source Control

Restored ability to select subprojects (or subFeatures of projects).

93,515

Team Coding and Source Control

Admin-level functionality has been added to Team Coding.

95,144

Team Coding and Source Control

Team coding check-out now functions properly when local Path contains German characters.

81,417

Team Coding and Source Control

Resolving a source object to client workspace no longer generates an error when a person other than the originator tries to check in/out files.

90,025

Team Coding and Source Control

Undo checkout now releases properly in VSS.

91,543

Team Coding and Source Control

File creation errors no longer occur when checking out file with basic Team Coding.

60,069

Team Coding and Source Control

The parameter hash is now correctly formatted.

95,886

Triggers No value appears in the "When Clause" column if a trigger's code has the clause on two lines; this has been resolved. 95,154
Triggers

DISABLE keyword is accurately placed in script for a disabled trigger.

91,969
Views

You can now add view-level constraints.

92,842

Known Issues

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

Feature

Known Issue

 
General

Database Probe does not work with Oracle version 8.1.5.

Workaround: Upgrade to supported Oracle version 8.1.7

N/A
General Toad's help cannot be opened from an installation path that contains Unicode characters. ST72966
General

If you check "Indexes" on the Scripts tab for snapshots, then the primary key for the snapshot will be included in the script, even though the CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW statement implicitly creates this primary key.

Toad currently does not differentiate between indexes created explicitly on the snapshot and indexes created automatically when the snapshot is created.

Workaround: If you are running the generated script to recreate the snapshot, then you can simply ignore the error that occurs when the script tries to recreate the primary key index for the snapshot. If you do not normally create indexes on snapshots, then you can uncheck "Indexes" when generating the snapshot script.

N/A
General

You may get the following error when moving from the first screen of the LogMiner to the second screen of the LogMiner: "17:46:25 Info: ORA-06532: Subscript outside of limit ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_D", line 793 ORA-06512: at line 2" This results from an Oracle bug in 8.1.7.0.0 and 8.1.7.1.0.

Workaround: Upgrade to Oracle version 8.1.7.2.0 or later, or see Oracle Metalink Note:124671.1 for details of how to fix the package.

N/A
General

If you use 11g Oracle ODP.NET client or any other client that does not have the oci.dll in the BIN directory, Toad has the following problems:

  1. Client shows as invalid
  2. Client version is not detected
  3. As a result of #2, columns of the following datatypes are not shown in the Schema Browser table data: CLOB, BLOB, NCLOB, XMLTYPE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL, BINARY_DOUBLE, and BINARY_FLOAT
N/A
General

After running a "Profile Code", "Check Syntax", or "Format Code" against files in the Project Manager, a results tab appears in the output window. Clicking on an occurrence node in the results tab will load the file in the appropriate Toad window. If you are loading a full package into the Editor in this manner and select "yes" to the Spec/Body file split prompt, your file will be split into two Editor tabs. At this point, selecting an occurrence node in the output window will only highlight the appropriate line in the Editor if the line is in the "Spec" tab. Clicking on an occurrence in the Body of the Package will always highlight the last line in the Spec tab.

Workaround: When loading a package into the procedure edit in this manner, select "no" to the Package spec/body split prompt.

N/A
Code Analysis Saving results to a database: When dealing with nested procedures, CodeXpert can only insert run data from procs one level deep. N/A
Code Analysis

Saving PL/SQL results to a database may fail or save invalid data to the database for invalid PL/SQL objects.

Workaround: To ensure PL/SQL results are saved to the database correctly, verify the validity of all objects before running CodeXpert.

N/A
Connections If you have a custom column and the newer version of Toad is introducing a new column to the Database Login window, your grid customizations will not be retained (such as column order and grouping). Custom columns are retained. N/A
Connections While Toad supports LDAP connectivity, some features of Toad depend on tnsnames.ora file to operate correctly. These features include but may not be limited to Quest Script Runner, Database Browser, and Service Manager. N/A
Connections

Selecting a new Oracle home in the ''Connect Using'' dropdown box does not guarantee that the correct home will be used. Switching between major Oracle client versions works correctly in Toad. Switching between patch or mid-release versions of Oracle will not always work. For example, switching from Oracle client 9.0.1.4 and Oracle 9.2.0.4 will not guarantee the correct Oracle home is used.

Workaround: Close Toad use the Oracle Home Selector to select your home, and reload Toad. Select the correct home in the ''Connect Using'' dropdown and login.

N/A
Data Grids

You may receive an "ORA-00902 invalid datatype" error when editing an object, nested table, or varray data if you have redefined the data type for that data during the current session.

Workaround: If you redefine an object type, nested table, or varray and then need to edit data in a table based on that type, end your current connection and begin a new one.

N/A
Data Grids An ORA-21525 error may display in the data grid while editing a record in a nested table. ST69178
Debugger An error may display in the Debugger if you select the "Load into grid from memory (strong and weak)" option in the Set Parameters window. ST55847
Editor

When file splitting is used in the Editor, Code Analysis does not automatically check the code in the Editor.

Workaround: Click the "Analyze Code in Editor" button.

ST85604
Editor

Toad errors when you query on a field of Oracle collection types.

Workaround: Execute using SQL*Plus.

ST64373
Editor

When spooling to an unpinned output window, the window becomes unresponsive and errors are given when Toad is closed ("Canvas does not allow drawing").

Workaround: Keep the output window pinned.

ST68523
Editor If you select object tables with nested VARRAYs, the statement is busy and cannot be aborted. ST62336
Editor Toad Insight (Code Assist) is activated in comments, which may decrease Toad's performance. ST64254
Editor

If you use a non fixed-width font, the results are misaligned in the of Script Output tab in Editor after executing a SQL script.

Workaround: Go to Options | Scripts and select a fixed-width font for script output.

ST62234
Editor Pressing CTRL and clicking a type object in the Editor does not open the object's code. ST55866
Import/Export

Exporting data grid cells of over approximately 800 bytes could cause "OLE error 800A03EC" for Microsoft Office 2003 when using the "XLS Instance" option.

Workaround: Save using the "XLS file" option instead.

N/A
Import/Export Constraint scripts from Export DDL do not contain the "using index" or "tablespace" clause. ST59228
Schema Browser

Sometimes on Oracle 8.1.7 or higher, after pressing "Compile invalid objects", you may get ORA-20000, ORA-06512, or ORA-06512 errors. This could mean that you do not have the privileges to compile the object, but it also happens when the schema contains a package body that does not have an associated spec.

Workaround: Look in the schema that you are trying to compile to see whether there are any orphan package bodies. If it is your own schema, then do:select * from user_objects o1 where object_type = ''PACKAGE BODY'' and not exists (select ''x'' from user_objects o2 where o2.object_name = o1.object_name and o2.object_type = ''PACKAGE'') Then drop any orphan package bodies that are found.

N/A
Schema Browser

Viewing XML_TYPE data in the F4 Describe Objects window may cause memory leaks.

Workaround: Try to limit the amount of times the describe window is used to view XML_TYPE data during a given Toad session. Use the Editor or Schema Browser data grid to do the majority of your work with XML data.

N/A
Schema Browser

For data in tables, changing the order of the columns in the "View/edit query" popup does not change the order of the columns in the grid.

Renaming a column in the "View/edit query" popup moves the renamed column one position to the left. The renamed column will not be editable.

Workaround: Use drag-and-drop in the grid to change the column order.

N/A

Session Browser

Session Browser does not work with Oracle version 8.1.5.

Workaround: Upgrade to supported Oracle version 8.1.7 or later.

N/A
Session Browser The Program name in the Session Browser may be blank or may be the full path to the executable instead of just the executable name. This depends on the Oracle client, not on Toad. N/A
Session Browser

In RAC databases, version 10.1.0.3 (and possibly other 10.1 versions), the query used to populate the "Current Statement" in the Session Browser fails with the following error: Runtime error occurred: 12801 (ORA-12801: error signaled in parallel query server PZ99, instance <instance name> ORA-01008: not all variables bound) This problem does not occur in Non-RAC environments.

Workaround: Clear the "Use RAC Views" checkbox, and log into the appropriate instance of the database, if necessary.

N/A
Team Coding

When using Microsoft Team Foundation Server, customers may receive an "Unable to get revision from VCS repository" error followed by "VCS archive is empty". This error generally occurs if customers use different workspaces when logged in to TFS.

Workaround: See Quest Support Solution SOL74899.

ST90025
Team Coding Team Coding is disabled for mixed-case object names. N/A
Team Coding

Team Coding and SourceSafe:

  • Integration via the SCC API is available but not recommended for SourceSafe 6.0
  • SourceSafe 5.0 ignores the "Force revision" flag and ''Create a new revision for existing objects'' option when exporting.
N/A
Team Coding

With CVS, Toad may fail to retrieve the list of projects for you to select from in the CVS browser or in the Code Control Groups configuration.

Workaround: See "Missing CVS\Entries File Error" in the online help.

N/A
Team Coding Team Coding and StarTeam: If you cancel the login dialog for StarTeam, you will not be able to log in to StarTeam until you restart Toad. N/A
Team Coding

Team Coding and PVCS:

  • PVCS Version Manager 6.6 and above only supports "Tip Revisions" via the COM interface used by Toad. Attempting to retrieve a non-tip revision using the Version Control Browser will always return the latest revision. (Merant case ID 1230782). This means that comparing revisions in the VCS Browser will fail because both versions will return the text of the latest version of the file.
  • After connecting to a PVCS database, successive connections made during the same Toad session will always connect to the same PVCS database, even if a different database is specified in the "Logon to PVCS" dialog.

Workaround: Close and re-open Toad before attempting to connect to a different PVCS database. If simultaneous connections to two different PVCS databases are required, this can be achieved by opening a second copy of Toad.

N/A
Team Coding Team Coding and Clearcase: Dynamic Views are not supported via SCC interface. Snapshot Views must be used instead. (Rational case ID v0830629, Rational Defect # CMBU00053934) N/A
Unicode

The following features in Toad do not support Unicode:

  • ASM Manager
  • CodeXpert
  • Export File Browser
  • Hex Editor
  • Toad Group Policy Manager

In addition, Java itself does not allow Unicode class names or file names. This is relevant to the Java Manager, Editor, and Schema Browser.

N/A
Unicode Connections to Service Names with Unicode Characters are not supported. N/A
Unicode

The Editor does not fully handle Unicode words, and as a result highlight object names, CTRL + Click, and mousing over watch hints may not work.

Workaround: The fix is to change a regular expression in the PL/SQL language parser. New installations will not have this issue, but the language parser is not applied for upgrading users (so you do not lose any language parser customizations). If you are upgrading, you need to modify the PL/SQL language parser and add "?r)" (without quotes)  to the beginning of the “Any name" parser rule’s expression if you want full Unicode object name support. For detailed instructions, please see the Unicode Troubleshooting topic in the Help file.

N/A
Unicode Script Execution in Editor: Error offset can be incorrect when running scripts with multi-byte object names. N/A
Unicode XML (Plain) format creates bad XML if Unicode string values and Unicode column names are exported through Export Dataset. N/A
Unicode

Import mapping for Unicode characters is incorrect if the characters are not a fixed width (such as Korean).

ST63221
Unicode In Team Coding, objects with Unicode contents are supported, objects with Unicode names are not. Supported Version Control Providers do not support Unicode names. N/A
Virtualization An access violation error may display when you close Toad in a Citrix XenApp environment. ST76354

Third Party Known Issues

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

Feature Known Issue Defect ID
EurekaLog Does not support Unicode characters in exception logging folder. ST62140
E-Control (Editor component) Odd word-wrapping behavior in some languages. Word wrapping may appear between symbols, with no space required to wrap, and some characters cannot be word-wrapped at all (for example, multi-byte characters in ANSI text). N/A
ODAC

ODAC does not support Unicode in XMLTYPE.

ST62654
Oracle When the OCI is in Unicode mode, an error occurs when querying XMLTYPE data that uses binary storage. Toad uses the OCI in Unicode mode, and there is no way to disable this. You should be able to view XMLTYPE data without errors using CLOB storage and an Oracle client version of 10.2 or later. N/A

Upgrade and Compatibility

Upgrades for Toad install side-by-side with any previous versions you have installed. You can run the new and previous versions concurrently. The first time you run the new version of Toad you are asked to migrate previous settings files.

Note: Toad supports importing settings only if the new version is within two releases of the previous version. If your versions are more than two releases apart, you need to install an intermediate version to successfully import the files.

Deprecated Features

The following features have been permanently removed from Toad. (They were removed from the menus in Toad 11, but they were still usable, and no longer are.)


System Requirements

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

Memory

1 GB RAM required

Note: The memory required may vary based on the following: 

  • Applications that are running on your system
  • Size and complexity of the database
  • Amount of database activity
  • Number of concurrent users accessing the database
Hard Disk Space
88 MB
Operating System

Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows XP (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Note: When running on a 64-bit operating system, you must use the 32-bit Oracle Client.

Database Client

Oracle Client 9.2.0.8

Oracle Client or Instant Client 10.2.0.3/10.2.0.4

Oracle Client or Instant Client 11.2.0.1

Note: Only the 32-bit Oracle client is supported.

Database Server

Oracle 8.0.6; 8.1.7; 9i; 9i R2; 10g R1; 10g R2; 11g R1, 11g R2

Toad has been tested on Oracle Exadata 2.0 running Oracle database 11g R2.

Important: It is recommended that your client version be of the same release (or later) as your database server. This is an Oracle recommendation to prevent performance issues.

Cloud Database Service

Oracle databases running on Amazon EC2

IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is being adopted by the US Federal Government and industries around the world. In its most basic format, the new protocol uses 128-bit addresses instead of 32-bit addresses used by the current IPv4 to route packets over the Internet. Toad for Oracle features such as FTP access the Internet through third-party vendors such as /nSoftware's IP*Works that are IPv6 compliant. For access to Web sites by way of the Toad Online window, Toad simply invokes the user-defined or default Web browser.
Additional Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later (to view the Release Notes)

Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or later (to view the Installation Guide)

Virtualization Support

Before installing Toad, review the following for virtualization support:

Application Virtualization

Citrix XenApp 5.0 has been tested.

Desktop Virtualization (VDI)

Quest vWorkspace 7.0 has been tested.

Server Virtualization

VMware ESX Server 3.5 has been tested.

Note: Toad may work in virtualization environments other than the ones listed.


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. In this release, all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. 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: Toad is a Unicode application. As such, it has native support for any Oracle Unicode character set, such as UTF8 or AL32UTF8. There are some features in Toad which use or invoke Oracle Utilities or applications which are not themselves Unicode applications. Their functionality is therefore limited to the character set of the client on which Toad is running, and NLS_LANG must be carefully set to match the Windows character set.

We have also observed issues with US7ASCII when used with non-Latin characters.


Getting Started

Contents of the Release Package

The Toad release package contains the following products:

  1. Toad for Oracle 11.5.1.2

    Note: Toad is available in different editions. The release package includes the edition that you purchased.

  2. Product Documentation, including:

Installation Instructions

Refer to the Toad for Oracle Installation Guide for installation instructions.


For More Information

Get the latest product information, find helpful resources, and join a discussion with the Toad team and other community members. Join the Toad for Oracle community or visit ToadWorld for more information about Toad.

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Quest Software simplifies and reduces the cost of managing IT for more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Our innovative solutions make solving the toughest IT management problems easier, enabling customers to save time and money across physical, virtual and cloud environments. For more information about Quest go to www.quest.com.

Established in 1987, Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) provides simple and innovative IT management solutions that enable more than 100,000 global customers to save time and money across physical and virtual environments. Quest products solve complex IT challenges ranging from database management, data protection, identity and access management, monitoring, user workspace management to Windows management. For more information, visit www.quest.com.

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