On December 6, Quest® announced the general availability of Toad® Data Point 5.6 with native support for Snowflake. This makes a significant contribution to the plethora of other platforms that Toad D...
What is data automation Data automation is the process whereby a series of repetitive steps used to upload, transform or otherwise handle data can be scripted and reused. The resulting automation scri...
The Toad subscription you start with isn’t always the subscription level you end up needing. A thorough comparison ensures you get the features you need, at the subscription level that is right for yo...
Get ready to break out the eggnog and mistletoe, the Quest® Toad® is in the holiday spirit this year. The Toad developer team has prepared a free gift for you this holiday season: a Winter Toad icon a...
Scattered reports can make finding potential problems and vulnerabilities a serious hassle. In addition, increased data privacy regulations aimed at protecting sensitive information means database adm...
What is data integrity According to Digital Guardian, “Data integrity refers to the accuracy and consistency (validity) of data over its lifecycle. Compromised data, after all, is of little use to ent...
Based on my experience, I believe that Quest® Toad® for Oracle is the best SQL Trace analysis tool for SQL performance tuning. This blog, and related articles around using Toad for Oracle Expert Editi...
Pressure to cut costs and reduce the number of tools used means periodically exploring alternative software options. Though Quest® SQL Navigator® may remain an important tool in your organization’s to...
The object model for developing database object types and object tables brings object-oriented data storage to Oracle Database. In a previous post, “How to create database objects with Toad for Oracle...
In database parlance, batch jobs consist of multiple programs, PL/SQL procedures or SQL scripts run together in a sequence, optionally against multiple databases. An individual job is not much differe...
Register now for this virtual event, scheduled November 10-11. The ability to make rapid business decisions to remain competitive hinges on data – access to it and the means to derive useful insights...
In a prior blog, I examined data modeling and data modeling tools at a very high level. I answered basic questions such as what is data modeling, why should I care, and what capabilities should data m...
