Release Notes
Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Resolved Issues and Enhancements
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.
This release of Toad for MySQL includes the following new features and enhancements.
Prompt for Variable Value at Run Time. In the Set Variable activity, you can now instruct Toad to prompt for a variable value each time you manually execute the Automation script.
In the Set Variable activity, select Prompt during run.
Execute the script manually. Toad prompts you for a variable value by opening the Bind Variables dialog. Use the default value or enter a new value. The new value is used in this execution only and the default remains unchanged.
If you schedule the script, scheduled execution uses the default value you specified through the Set Variable activity.
When you build a script that uses the Set Variable activity to set the value of a bind parameter or variable for SQL located in another activity, this feature allows you to easily modify that value at run time without modifying the script.
Send Email Activity
Prompt for Recipient Address at Run Time. In the Send Email activity, you can now easily instruct Toad to prompt for a recipient email address each time the Automation script is manually executed.
Then select the Prompt check box. This instructs Toad to treat this field as a variable field and to prompt for a value.
Execute the script manually. Toad prompts you for a variable value by opening the Bind Variables dialog. Use the default value or enter a new value. The new value is used in this execution only and the default remains unchanged.
If you schedule the script, scheduled execution uses the default value you specified in the To field.
Set Variable and Set Variable Value Activities
Reorder Variable List. In the Set Variable and the Set Variable Value Automation activities, you can now reorder the list of variables.
Email Server Settings
You can now select between SSL or TLS when specifying a secure email connection. You can specify email server settings in the Send Email activity or in script Settings | Compose Email.
Select to File Activity
Script Environment Settings Persist
Look Up Database Errors
Toad allows you to easily search Toad World whenever you encounter a database error.
In the database error message, click Look Up Error to open a page displaying multiple search results from a variety of sources.
Toad returns search results from Toad World. In addition, links to searches from a variety of search engines, such as Google, are also provided. Open these Web Search links to display search results from the Web.
Use the search results to find more information about the specific database error you encountered.
You can modify the search string to customize your search results or to remove object names and other internal information.
Data Compare - Compare Excel, CSV, Access
To use this feature, select Excel/CSV/Access as the source and/or target on the Specify Source and Target Databases page of the New Comparison Wizard. Then browse to and select the Excel or .csv file or Access database.
Export Wizard Default Folder
You can now specify a default folder to use each time you export to a file with the Export Wizard. Specify the default folder in the Options dialog (Tools | Options | Environment | Export). Then when you open the Export Wizard to create a new export template, the destination field is pre-populated with the default folder name and path.
Custom Grid Formatting is Retained
Any custom formats you specify for the data grid through the Options dialog (Options | Environment | Grid) are now applied when you export to an Excel file using the Quick Export command.
These custom formats are also applied when exporting to Excel using the Export Wizard, but can be overwritten if necessary by applying formatting through the wizard.
Microsoft .NET Framework Requirement
This release of Toad requires Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5.1 where .NET 4.5 was previously required. See the System Requirement in the Toad for MySQL Release Notes for .NET requirements for your operating system. During installation, if .NET 4.5.1 is required and not detected, installation stops, Toad provides a link, and you are prompted to download .NET 4.5.1.
New 64-bit Version of Toad for MySQL. Beginning with this release, Toad for MySQL is now available in a 64-bit version of the application.
Now you can easily register or sign in to Toad World from within the Toad for MySQL application.
Remember, you can find blogs, videos, and forums at the Toad for MySQL Community.
The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Toad for MySQL.
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Feature |
Resolved Issue or Enhancement |
Defect ID |
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| Automation | Select to File activity: Corrected an issue that caused an error when attempting to execute SQL containing a comment in the Preview SQL dialog. | QAT-9380 |
| Automation | When defining Email Server Settings for a script or in the Send Email activity, you can now specify to use either the SSL or the TLS protocol for a secure connection. | QAT-8902 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue that caused Toad to delete the log file for a previously scheduled and executed Automation script when the script was subsequently opened in Toad. | QAT-9427 |
| Automation | Execute Script activity: An error is no longer encountered when the SQL query contains valid SQL, but not a SELECT statement. | QAT-9428 |
| Automation | If Condition activity. Corrected an issue that caused a "'False', cannot be converted to boolean" error when executing a script containing an If Condition activity. | QAT-9543 |
| Automation | The Set Variable activity now retains leading zero in variable value, as expected. This issue was discovered when the variable value was set from data collected and stored in the dataset variable in the Loop Dataset activity. | QAT-8917 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue that prevented dynamically generated hyperlinks in the html version of a Toad Data Report from working correctly when this file is used as the body of the email in the Send Email activity. | QAT-7165 |
| Automation | Enhancement: When the Set Variable activity contains multiple variables, you can now easily reorder variables in the list using Up and Down buttons. | QAT-9505 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue that caused an error ("Unable to parse any SELECT statements from the SQL query") when running Select to File activity in an Automation script created in a previous version of Toad. | QAT-10021 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue in which a variable value containing a decimal separator was not handled correctly in a Windows environment with Region and Language set to German. This issue was encountered with the Execute_1_SQL result set variable. | QAT-9819 |
| Automation | Enhancement: In the Set Variable activity, you can instruct Toad to prompt for a variable value each time the script is manually executed. | QAT-7672 |
| Automation | Enhancement: In the Send Email activity, you can instruct Toad to prompt for the Recipient email address each time the script is manually executed. | QAT-7672 |
| Automation | Send Email activity: Corrected an issue that prevented a datatime variable from displaying correctly when inserted in the Subject line of an email. | QAT-3599 |
| Automation | Set Variable activity: Corrected an issue that prevented a SQL type variable from generating the correct date format. | QAT-3599 |
| Automation | Export Wizard activity enhancement: The Import Wizard and Export Wizard activities now include the RowCount variable. | QAT-7302 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue that prevented the execution of SQL in a Loop Dataset activity if the SQL ended with a semicolon which was followed by a new line. | QAT-8180 |
| Automation | Improved the error message written to execution log by an Automation script containing a Throw Error activity. | QAT-8205 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue that caused multiple error messages when the "Logging folder" location was not specified in the script Settings. | QAT-9109 |
| Automation | Corrected several issues related to code completion in the editors for Automation activities, such as Select to File. | QAT-9260 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue in the Set Variable activity involving formatting in the To_date() function. | QAT-8143 |
| Automation | An Automation script now stops after an error in the Set Variable activity as expected, when the Stop on Error option is selected. | QAT-8280 |
| Automation | In the FTP activity, the File Mask value is not case sensitive when uploading or downloading. | QAT-8521, QAT-8542 |
| Automation | In the FTP activity, the specified date range is retained after saving the script. | QAT-8543 |
| Automation | Corrected an issue that caused an error in an Automation script that contains a Run Automation Script activity. In this case, the child script also contained a Run Automation Script activity and both scripts had "Embed files into Automation script" selected. | QAT-8570 |
| Connections | In the Connection Manager, if you double-click a connection in which the password is not saved, the Connection Properties dialog now opens with the focus in the Password field. | QAT-8327 |
| Data Compare and Sync | Corrected an issue that caused an "Unknown type found during storing data" error when result sets containing a GUID where compared using the Data Diff Viewer in the SQL Editor. | QAT-9540 |
| Data Compare and Sync | When exporting data comparison results, if the number of exported rows is larger than Excel limit, remaining rows are exported to additional worksheet/worksheets. | QAT-9254 |
| Data Compare and Sync | Corrected an issue that caused a "Query execution was interrupted" error when two or more tables are selected for comparison. | QAT-9332 |
| Editor | Enhancement: You can now select to show or hide the table and column information tool tips in the Editor through the Options dialog (Tools | Options | Editor | Tools). | QAT-8559 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that prevented Toad from detecting and listing the macros when exporting to a macro-enable Excel file using the Export Wizard. | QAT-8550 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that caused an error when executing a macro in a macro-enabled Excel file from the Export Wizard. This issue was encountered with Office 2013. | QAT-9722 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that caused Toad to hang after selecting a very large table or a query with a large result set on the Select Objects page of the Export Wizard. | QAT-8401 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that caused an error (The process cannot access the file <file name> because it is being used by another process) in an Automation script using the Export Wizard activity to export to a macro-enabled Excel file. | QAT-10013 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that prevented export to the correct cell (specified in the "Start export at" export option) when using an Export template created in a previous version of Toad. This issue was encountered when using the Export template in an Automation script. | QAT-9893 |
| Export Wizard | Resolved an issue in a third party component that cause an Out of Memory error when attempting to export a large amount of data to Excel using an Automation script. | QAT-3842 |
| Export Wizard | Enhancement: You can now specify a default directory to use when exporting with the Export Wizard. Specify your default setting in the Options dialog (Options | Environment | Export). | QAT-8384 |
| Export Wizard | Performing a Quick Export from the Data tab of the Object Details window in the Editor now works as expected. | QAT-8337 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that unexpectedly cleared conditional formatting in an existing Excel file after data was exported to the file. | QAT-8482 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that resulted in an error when attempting to export from a data grid to the SQL Script output format. This issue was discovered when using a MySQL connection. | QAT-8553 |
| Export Wizard | Corrected an issue that exported (to CSV) columns that were excluded on the Select Columns page of the Export Wizard. This issue occurred when using the Export Wizard activity in an Automation script and using a query file to select objects to export. | QAT-8555 |
| FTP | Enhancement: You can now specify a timeout duration for an FTP connection. If you publish an Automation script containing an FTP activity to Intelligence Central, the timeout setting is applied when the script is executed. | QAT-8196 |
| FTP | Corrected an issue that prevented the user from Moving files (Download operation) from a remote FTP connection. | QAT-8442 |
| FTP | Corrected an issue that caused an error when attempting to open a remote nested folder with same name as the parent folder in an FTP connection. | QAT-8497 |
| Import Wizard | When the Import Wizard is loading preview data for a long-running query, a progress bar is displayed and the Next button is disabled until the process is finished and import can proceed. | QAT-10076 |
| Import Wizard | Corrected an issue in which a long-running query timed out before preview data was loaded. This prevented the import process from proceeding. | QAT-9539 |
| Import Wizard | Corrected an issue that opened the Define Columns page and displayed columns from the previous import target table when importing from a query. | QAT-9097 |
| Installation | When performing a normal install using the .msi file, the user is now informed if the installation of Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 is required. Note: If performing a silent install using the .msi file, the user must manually check for this required software. If installing using the .exe file, the software is included in the installation. | QAT-8573 |
| Job Manager | Enhancement: The Task List now includes a "Toad" column which indicates whether or not the task is a Toad task. Use this column to easily filter out non-Toad tasks. | QAT-8488 |
| Object Explorer | The default filter specified in Options | Explorer | General is now retained between Toad sessions, as expected. | QAT-9128 |
| Pivot Grid | Toad Sample Database: Corrected an issue that caused an error in the Pivot & Chart tab after modifying the layout of the window and then re-executing the query. | QAT-8520 |
| Project Manager | Corrected an issue that caused a "Could not resolve connection" error when attempting to open an ER Diagram file included in the Sample Project in the Project Manager. | QAT-8502 |
| Query Builder | When adding an IN clause using the Where Condition editor, values are no longer trimmed. | QAT-9410 |
| Query Builder | Corrected an issue that prevented the "Current year" Fiscal Calendar date range from working correctly when the date is the first day of the month. | QAT-8438 |
| Quick Export | Enhancement: Any custom formats you specify for the data grid through the Options dialog (Options | Environment | Grid) are now applied when you export to an Excel file using the Quick Export command. These custom formats are also applied when exporting to Excel using the Export Wizard, but can be overwritten if necessary in the wizard. | QAT-4153 |
| SQL Editor | Corrected an issue that caused Toad to hang when attempting to open or execute a sql file if the "Show information pop-ups for Objects" option is selected (Options | Editor | Tools). | QAT-9826 |
| SQL Editor | Enhancement: You can now select text vertically in the Editor using ALT+click. | TDB-2343 |
| SQL Editor | When executing a query, if there is not sufficient free space in the user's temporary drive, Toad displays an informative message and terminates execution. These temp files are deleted when Toad closes. | QAT-10009 |
| SQL Editor | Corrected an issue that prevented some users from successfully opening a .sql file while Toad had an open connection. In this case, Toad would unexpectedly hang. | QAT-10502 |
| Toad Data Reports | The default format for decimal data types is now number instead of currency. | QAT-9836 |
| User Interface | In the Save As dialog, Toad now provides a file extension (selected) in the File Name field to help the user provide a file name. | QAT-8966 |
| User Interface | Corrected an issue that prevented Toad from successfully saving the application settings file when the file is located in a network directory. | QAT-8967 |
| User Interface | The Bind Variables dialog now displays correctly when using the Sharp Plus skin. | QAT-8436 |
The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of this release.
| Feature | Known Issue | Defect ID |
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| Schema Compare | The timestamp column does not show differences when tables are updated. | ST95642 |
| Data Compare | Views do not display in the New Comparison Wizard. | ST95575 |
| Debugger | When you debug a stored procedure, Toad inserts its own statement in the user's Declare Cursor in both Procedure and Function causing a SQL error. | ST93716 |
| Automation |
There are some problems with Toad for MySQL running as administrator on Windows 7/Vista systems with UAC turned on and Outlook running. Workaround: Either run Toad not as administrator or turn UAC off or close Outlook while opening Automation and also every time you add Send Email activity in the designer. |
ST80857 |
| Import Wizard | Attempting to import data that was exported to an Excel instance where the fractional seconds were truncated results in an error. | N/A |
| Library |
A UAC setting at the highest level might interfere with the ability to drag a file to the Library window (from Windows Explorer) to add it to the Library. Workaround: Set UAC to the default level to enable adding a file by dragging it to the Library window. |
N/A |
The following is a list of third party issues known to exist at the time of this release.
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Feature |
Known Issue |
Defect ID |
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| Automation |
Automation in Toad for MySQL 7.0 (or later) requires .NET Framework 4.5 (or later). If you are using .NET Framework 4.0 without .NET Framework 4.5 (such as in Windows XP), you may encounter the following:
Workaround: Upgrade your Windows OS to Windows 7 and install .NET Framework 4.5. For release 8.0 or later, install .NET Framework 4.5.1. |
N/A |
| Data |
Currently, Korean characters are not supported. |
ST41612 |
| If the value of a TIME data type is greater than 24-hours, the value does not display correctly. | N/A | |
| Currently, geometry data types are not supported. | ST70327 | |
| Import Wizard | Importing large data sets from Excel (approximately 650,000 rows) is not recommended because of the amount of time it may take. This issue occurs because the Excel import component maintains the output in memory until the import completes. This can cause performance issues depending on the available system resources. | ST219754 |
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Export Wizard
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To export to an Office 2003 or 2007 Excel instance, the Office Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) must be installed. You can install the PIAs from one of the following locations: 2003 PIAs: 2007 PIAs: |
ST219754 |
| Export Wizard | Avoid using Excel for exporting if your data has numeric values that require a high precision because Excel's precision is limited to 15 digits. If you export numbers with more precision, the values are rounded. If you export boundary numbers (max, min), rounded numbers will exceed the data type limit. | N/A |
Before installing Toad, ensure that your client system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
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512 MB of RAM minimum, 1 GB recommended Note: The memory required may vary based on the following:
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Windows Server® 2008 R2 (64-bit) Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Windows® 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows® 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows® 10 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 Vista, 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. |
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| .NET Framework |
The Microsoft® .NET Framework is required. The version is dependent on the operating system.
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Additional Requirements |
Web Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later Screen Toad supports screen resolutions up to 3200 x 1800 and display DPI settings up to 150%. |
Before installing Toad, ensure that your server meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:
| Requirement | Details |
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| Database Server |
MySQL 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 5.6 Clustrix 5.2 MariaDB 5.5.5 |
| Cloud Database Service | Toad for MySQL can manage Amazon RDS and any other cloud or service offering compatible with MySQL, including Amazon Aurora. |
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| Application Virtualization |
Limited testing has been performed for Citrix® XenApp™ 5.0 on Windows Server 2003 and Citrix XenApp 6.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Limited testing has been performed for Citrix support on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Server (Service Pack 2) using the MetaFrame Presentation Server 5.0 and Citrix Presentation Server Clients 10.2.
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Note: Toad may work in virtualization environments other than the ones in which it was tested. |
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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, Vista standard 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:
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The Toad for MySQL release package contains the following products:
For installation instructions, see the "Toad for MySQL Installation Guide" found at: Toad for MySQL Community on Toad World.
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This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: No known limitations.
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