Toad® Training Tuesdays (Toad for Oracle)

Toad® for Oracle has multiple editions, each designed to meet different needs. In this on-demand webcast, you’ll discover the advantages of purchasing Toad for Oracle as a subscription product and learn which editions are available now—and which ones are coming soon.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• The benefits of buying Toad for Oracle as a subscription product
• Which editions are available now, and which editions will be available in the near future
• Convenience features exclusive to the subscription, such as:
  • Increased security with auto-renew and updates
  • Online license administration
  • Easy approval processes
  • First access to subscription features
  • Free educational resources
• How subscription products can help you manage tight budgets with lower up-front costs

Presented by:

• Quest Software

Are you having a hard time connecting to your Oracle database? In this on-demand session, we’ll walk you through the essential steps to troubleshoot and resolve common connection issues.

In this session, we’ll explore:

• Environment configuration for successful connections
• Common types of errors and how to identify them
• Key factors to check in the user environment to resolve connection errors

Presented by:

• Quest Software

Get a front-row seat and discover the favorites and hidden gems within the Toad® for Oracle SQL editor. This session will showcase powerful features that can enhance your productivity and streamline your coding experience.

In this session, we’ll cover:

• Code insight for smarter and faster coding
• Templates with variable input for quick code generation
• Folding to easily manage and navigate large blocks of code
• Color coding keywords for improved readability
• Auto replace for efficient typing
• And a whole lot more

Presented by:

• Quest Software

Do you have common, everyday, repetitive tasks? Learn how the Automation Designer in Toad® for Oracle by Quest® can save you time and help you keep track of the changes you've made.

In this session, we’ll show you how to:

• Build and organize your tasks
• Automate repetitive tasks efficiently
• Create and use variables for dynamic automation
• Set up email notifications for task updates
• Implement a repeat-until action for conditional loops
• Set up a repeat nonstop action for continuous automation
• And more...

Presented by:

• Quest Software

You’ve probably heard about the hidden treasures in your favorite Oracle tool, but you may not have had the time to find them. Make the most of your investment in Toad® with the top 10 tips you need to know to ease your work frustrations.

In this session, we’ll reveal powerful Toad techniques that have saved thousands of Oracle database professionals countless hours, boosting their productivity and making database performance soar to unprecedented levels.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Secrets of Toad automation to streamline your workflows
• How to auto-optimize your code for peak performance
• Simple solutions to common code problems and how to fix them quickly
• New ways to share best practices and collaborate across your team
• Ensuring Oracle database health and stability
• And more…

Speaker:

• Gary Jerep
  Sales Engineer, Quest Software

Do you find yourself taking the same actions every day in Toad® for Oracle? Did you know that you can create hotkeys to perform those actions and streamline your tasks? You can also create filters to remove items you don’t use frequently or don’t need to see. Additionally, there are other configurations you might not know about that can significantly affect how Toad looks and behaves.

In this on-demand session, we’ll explore these settings and share a few more tips to help you get the most out of Toad for Oracle.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Creating hotkeys for repetitive tasks to save time
• Setting up filters to remove unnecessary items from your view
• Configuring Toad for Oracle to suit your workflow
• Additional tips and tricks to enhance your productivity

Speaker:

• Mark Kurtz
  Software Sales Engineer I, Quest Software

With the emergence of open-source database software solutions, more companies are eager to break free from the high costs of traditional database software. However, while management sees the potential savings, data architects and DBAs often anticipate the challenges of making this transition a reality.

Toad® Data Modeler simplifies this process by allowing you to create data models from 16 different sources and quickly convert them to your desired targets. Whether you're a novice or an expert, Toad Data Modeler provides the flexibility to explore free and open-source database solutions with confidence. Join this short session to learn how it works.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Creating data models from 16 different sources
• Converting data models to your target databases with ease
• Exploring free and open-source database solutions using Toad Data Modeler
• Streamlining the transition from high-cost databases to open-source alternatives

Speaker:

• Albert Rodriguez
  Software Sales Engineer I, Quest Software

Learn how to seamlessly incorporate Oracle database development into your CI/CD pipelines with this step-by-step guide. This session will focus on essential areas such as version control and the automation of testing and deployments, enabling you to streamline your development process and enhance efficiency.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Step-by-step integration of Oracle database development into CI/CD pipelines
• Implementing version control for Oracle database projects
• Automating testing processes to ensure code quality
• Streamlining deployment automation for faster, more reliable releases

Presented by:

• Quest Software

Product expert Martin Wild will walk you through the key features of the Quest® Toad® for Oracle Base, Professional, Xpert Dev, and DBA editions. For each edition, Martin will highlight specific functionalities that can make your job easier, save you time, and dramatically increase your productivity. He’ll also introduce you to helpful utilities you may not have known about.

Additionally, for those managing SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other platforms, Martin will introduce you to Quest® Toad® Data Point. You’ll learn how this user-friendly solution enhances cross-platform data management and reporting.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Key features of Toad for Oracle Base, Professional, Xpert Dev, and DBA editions
• How to leverage specific functionalities to increase productivity
• Hidden utilities that can simplify your work
• Introduction to Quest® Toad® Data Point for cross-platform data management and reporting
• Determining which Toad edition best meets your needs

Speaker:

• Martin Wild
  Product Expert, Quest Software

How do you identify and optimize SQL queries on Oracle databases for better performance, speed, or reduced cloud computing costs? In this session, we’ll demonstrate how to locate poor execution plans that lead to expensive SQL execution. We’ll then show you how to optimize these queries, focusing on improved performance, I/O, and CPU compute resources. Additionally, we’ll examine indexes and index strategies across multiple queries to enhance efficiency.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Identifying poor execution plans that impact performance and cost
• Optimizing SQL queries for better performance and resource efficiency
• Evaluating and implementing index strategies across multiple queries
• Reducing cloud computing costs through query optimization

Presented by:

• Quest Software

Anyone in your organization writing PL/SQL code is creating code that other team members may eventually need to read, interpret, alter, and maintain. That’s why using a robust code review tool is crucial to ensure coding standards are consistently met.

With Toad® for Oracle by Quest®, you can define and enforce coding standards using a selection of 200 pre-built rules or create new ones tailored to your needs. This ensures that development teams can correct code as they type, improving overall quality and making future maintenance easier while reducing the likelihood of defects.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• The importance of running code reviews on PL/SQL objects
• Running code reviews using out-of-the-box rules in Toad for Oracle
• Creating custom rules for your code reviews
• Automating code reviews to streamline the process

Speaker:

• Albert Rodriguez
  Software Sales Engineer, Database Management Solutions, Quest Software

Toad® for Oracle Base Edition is an exceptional tool for Oracle administration, allowing you to manage all your on-premises and cloud databases, control database access, browse and navigate database objects, and run SQL and PL/SQL. Additionally, Toad offers numerous ways to enhance your organization, productivity, and collaboration.

In this session, you’ll gain insight into five of the most useful DBA features in Toad for Oracle Base Edition, including how to:

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Automate various Toad and non-Toad functions
• Manage all your scripts from a central location
• Browse, view, and edit data across tables regardless of referential integrity (RI)
• Manage and view all your sessions in a single view
• Generate database documentation easily for all database objects across multiple databases

Speaker:

• Russell Tuttle
  Quest Software

Imagine a power user accidentally updates all the rows in your production table, but no one notices until the next day. What do you do? While database backups and other safeguards are crucial, bad things can still happen to good databases. Is there a recovery method beyond restoring from backup and rolling forward the right transactions? Toad® for Oracle has a little-known feature that allows you to "mine" Oracle’s redo logs.

In this session, discover how this powerful feature can save you time and frustration when recovering from unplanned database events.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Challenges of recovering from unexpected database changes
• How Toad for Oracle can "mine" Oracle’s redo logs for recovery
• Using this feature to save time and reduce stress in recovery situations
• Best practices for minimizing the impact of accidental changes to your database

Speaker:

• Gary Jerep
  Software Sales Engineer I, Quest Software

Are you struggling with unplanned development cycles due to poor code quality and technical debt? Is your development team using agile or DevOps methodologies? The pressure to cut costs and accelerate development often leaves less time for traditional code reviews—a serious problem that can lead to costly errors. In fact, one study found that code bugs cost $1.1 trillion worldwide in a single year!

But what if you could automatically ensure coding best practices are followed? This would help you reduce risk, avoid the stress and costs of fixing coding errors in production, and save hours of work. In this session, you’ll learn how to leverage the Code Analysis feature in Toad® to improve code quality.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Customizing, scheduling, and automating code reviews and reports
• Getting real-time feedback to improve your code as you work
• Using Toad to scan for known issues, grade code, measure complexity, and identify rule violations
• Creating your own rules and categories and easily modifying existing Toad rules
• Sharing rule sets with your colleagues to ensure consistency
• Integrating code reviews into a DevOps pipeline

Speakers:

• Mathew Phan, Quest Software
• Jeff Surretsky, Quest Software
  

Discover how you can reduce risk, save time, and simplify your work with the advanced functionality of Toad®. In this session, Toad expert Martin Wild will demonstrate how to protect personal and sensitive data, improve code quality, and automate key aspects of database administration and development.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Protecting personal and sensitive data with Toad’s security features
• Improving code quality through automated checks and best practices
• Automating database administration and development tasks to save time
• Leveraging advanced Toad functionalities to streamline your workflow

Speaker:

• Martin Wild
  Systems Consultant, Quest Software

Rapid development cycles make it more important than ever to track and document changes to your source code. Many Toad® customers are already using a version control system (VCS) without realizing they can integrate it with Toad and let Toad handle the backend processing.

In this session, you’ll discover the powerful features of Toad Team Coding. We’ll demonstrate how to integrate your VCS, manage check-ins, check-outs, and edits of existing objects, and add new objects to the VCS.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Overview of Toad Team Coding features
• Integrating your VCS with Toad
• Checking in, checking out, and editing existing objects
• Adding new objects to your VCS using Toad

Speaker:

• Mark Kurtz
  Software Sales Engineer I, Quest Software

Quickly and easily find and fix poorly performing queries with expert guidance from database professional Martin Wild. In this session, you’ll learn how to leverage Toad® for Oracle Xpert Edition to enhance query performance, ensuring a smoother experience for your end users and reducing costs in cloud environments.

Learn how to:

• Locate poorly performing queries
• Find alternative execution plans or indexes quickly
• Improve performance to keep your end users satisfied
• Reduce costs in Azure if you’re using cloud-based VM instances
• Utilize the Quest SQL Optimizer module to speed and simplify your optimization work

Speaker:

• Martin Wild
  Systems Consultant, Quest Software

Join this session to learn from expert Toad® support representatives as they share invaluable tips, including how to migrate your Toad settings seamlessly. This is your chance to get answers directly from the experts during this informative session.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• How to migrate your Toad settings efficiently
• Best practices for customizing your Toad environment
• Troubleshooting common issues

Presented by:

• Quest Software