Toad for Oracle

Toad® for Oracle is an industry-leading, proven database development and administration tool that increases user productivity and application code quality while providing an interactive community to support the user experience.

Toad for Oracle is a powerful, low-overhead tool that makes database and application development faster and easier and simplifies day-to-day administration tasks. Whether you are a PL/SQL developer, application developer, DBA or business analyst, Toad for Oracle offers specific features to make you more productive than ever before. Plus, Toad for Oracle now supports more SQL commands than any third-party tool in the industry.

Toad for Oracle improves productivity with all the functionality you need to build and execute queries, create and modify database objects, and develop and debug SQL and PL/SQL code. Even day-to-day tasks — such as importing/exporting data, comparing schemas and updating statistics — are made faster and easier with Toad for Oracle. Plus, Toad for Oracle offers integration with Knowledge Xpert™ for built-in Oracle database expertise from recognized database experts.

Toad for Oracle will also help you and your team increase the quality of your database applications. Integrated SQL tuning and automated PL/SQL code review features provide users of all levels with the expertise needed to turn out quality code. Plus, Quest offers interactive community support from both peers and industry experts through online discussion groups, the Quest Pipelines Web site and newsletters, and events designed especially for the Toad for Oracle community of users.

Toad for Oracle comes in four editions. Choose the version most suitable for your environment

Edition	Description
Toad® for Oracle	Provides the foundation and basic tools for Oracle professionals to create and execute queries, as well as build and manage database objects. You’ll benefit from the formatting feature, enhanced user interface and also have support for SQL Plus. This edition enables you to plug into Toad for Oracle's added utilities.
Toad® for Oracle Professional	(includes all features of Toad® for Oracle with integrated debugging, PL/SQL knowledge base and code profiling) Developing PL/SQL code is a lengthy process, requiring a great deal of accuracy. Toad® for Oracle Professional features CodeXpert which effortlessly integrates into Toad for Oracle's Procedure Editor - analyzing stored procedures against a set of rules which means you’ll receive detailed, corrective recommendations.
Toad® for Oracle Xpert	(includes all features of Toad® for Oracle Professional with integrated SQL Tuning and SQL & PL/SQL Optimization scanning via CodeXpert) Are you looking for a way to make the chore of tuning SQL code easier and less time-consuming? Toad® for Oracle Xpert can simplify this task by identifying potential performance limiting factors. We’ve also equipped you with the power of an enhanced SQL Tuning component that is sure to shorten tuning time for developers and DBAs.
Toad® for Oracle Suite	The Toad® for Oracle Suite equips you with all the features and functionality found in Toad® for Oracle Xpert plus a built-in array of tools to radically improve the way Oracle professionals develop code and build and maintain database objects. DBA Module Knowledge Xpert™ for Oracle Administration Knowledge Xpert™ for PL/SQL DataFactory® Developer Edition Benchmark Factory® for Oracle TOAD Data Modeler

Optional Add-on Modules

Extend the reach of Toad for Oracle with powerful add-ons designed to provide intelligence and optimize PL/SQL server-side development.

Quest Software provides two user communities to connect Toad users to the platform and to Toad:

• Quest Pipelines is an online user community with over 12,000 members. It is available to anyone seeking database development and administration information or recommendations from experts on Oracle, DB2, SQL Server or MySQL databases.
  
  
• The Toad product community allows users of Toad to interact with Quest Software product developers and product managers to provide recommendations on improvements that can be made to enhance the product. Quest Software development uses the valuable input received from users and incorporates it into the product.