A continuing blog series about finding more of those “hidden” gems in Toad’s graphical interface. “We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and ‘X’ never—ever—marks the spot. 70% of all archeology...
Finding the Sigma Gem If you’ve read any of my other “Raiders of the ‘Lost’ Toad” blogs, then you know that this blog series is all about helping Toad users find those “undiscovered” gems in the produ...
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Part three in a blog series about SQL optimization, index tuning and yes … the quiz answers! Optimizing indexes? It’s hard. Really, really hard. At the end of my previous blog post, I gave you a po...
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Finding new, effective indexes to improve database performance is hard. How hard? Take a short quiz at the end of this blog. Remember, Toad® Turnpike is about real people doing real things with Toa...
“Have you ever made a database change that helped some users, but messed up others?” Part 1 of 3. Remember: This series is about real people doing real things. With Toad solutions. Do you really wan...
We all tend to spend most of our time on the “turnpike” of a product’s feature set: you know, the “power” set of its features that get us to our endpoint destinations within the product as productivel...
Real stories. Real people. Doing real things. With Toad® solutions. This particular blog is about the Query Optimization capabilities found in Toad for Oracle (Xpert Edition or higher). Want to know h...
Just a reminder that this blog series is all about helping Toad users find those “hidden” gems in the product’s graphical interface… gems that will increase your productivity. In my first blog of ...
Faster business insights. Verse 2 in the 12 Days of … Our gift to you this season is wrapping up our favorite blogs about a product into a collection, with a song to go with each! Each week in Decembe...
So you’re using Quest Software’s Toad product. Congratulations. We know you’ve discovered some very powerful features in our product. And you’re happy. But you know there’s more. Every customer I...
Toad Turnpike: Real Stories from the Road Real stories. Real people. Real situations. With Toad solutions. Six-figure Savings. Twice. Here’s a recent Toad experience from less than a month ago, at ...
Real stories. Real people. Real situations. With Toad solutions. Blind-sided. Again. It’s another beautiful day in Southern California. I am on site at an insurance company for a one-day proof-of...
