Database professionals know the struggle: cryptic legacy queries, massive tables hiding critical data, and workflows that demand constant reconfiguration.
The latest release of Toad for SQL Server eliminates these bottlenecks with AI-powered insights and enhanced search capabilities.
This is more than a feature release. This is about giving SQL Server teams faster resolution, fewer errors, and dramatically lower operational effort.
New AI Explain feature: Instantly understand complex SQL
Tired of cryptic SQL? The new AI Explain feature translates complex, legacy, or unfamiliar queries into plain natural language, giving you natural language clarity on what complicated SQL is doing.
SQL logic can be dense and inconsistent, especially across large, multi-year codebases. AI Explain analyzes your SQL code and produces clear explanations of its purpose and logic, helping you:
- Accelerate understanding of complex logic
- Reduce time spent interpreting legacy code
- Improve overall productivity
- Support faster troubleshooting and refinement
Table data search: Eliminate blind spots
Database tables are like massive Excel workbooks with millions of rows, except each cell may hold paragraphs of text, logs, email bodies, or unstructured notes. Traditional search is slow and unpredictable.
The new Table Data Search feature changes this completely. Now you can search directly inside SQL tables and views, including numeric fields, giving you full search capability across your database landscape. Whether you’re looking for a specific account number, part of a product description, or any keyword, the new search makes the process faster, easier, and more precise.
The new Table Data Search:
- Builds an “index tab” for your data
- Jumps directly to matches instead of scanning every row
- Delivers instant results without locking up your system
- Enables quick discovery of relevant information without manual browsing
- Searches both text and numeric values across databases and views
Save and reopen comparison results
When you’re comparing text or folder structures, you often revisit your work multiple times. Without saved states, that means reconfiguring parameters, re-running comparisons, and losing time.
Now you can save your comparison results in the Text and Folder Diff Viewer, then return later and pick up exactly where you left off. This enhancement allows you to:
- Save comparison output for future reference and audit
- Reopen files and instantly restore previous states
- Skip reconfiguring comparison parameters for repeated tasks
- Work more efficiently without starting from scratch
The Save and Open features offer intuitive dialogs and consistent file management options that align with other Toad comparison tools such as Data Compare and Schema Compare.
Smarter data compare filters
Filtering is key to precise comparisons, but traditional processes required too many clicks and too much navigation. The updated Data Compare wizard delivers a cleaner experience for applying, managing, and reusing filters, reducing setup time and improving accuracy.
Key improvements include:
- Dedicated “Object Filter” step for a clear, intuitive workflow
- Streamlined filter actions: Export Filter and Import Filter are now dedicated, easy-to-access buttons
- Improved checkbox behavior for faster adjustments
- More visual and intuitive design that matches modern UI expectations
Everything is surfaced where users need it, with clear steps and inline controls that help teams get into flow faster and stay there.
Why this release matters
This release isn’t about adding features. It’s about removing bottlenecks. Toad for SQL Server’s new capabilities address the real, everyday challenges of SQL professionals:
- Understanding complex legacy queries in minutes instead of hours
- Locating critical data fast, without time-consuming deep dives through massive tables
- Revisiting comparison work effortlessly, without rework
- Applying filters seamlessly in high-volume, high-complexity data comparisons
With this release, Toad for SQL Server delivers that clarity by eliminating the slow, manual steps that weigh down database work. This is more than a feature release. This is about giving SQL Server teams faster resolution, fewer errors, and dramatically lower operational effort.
