Toad (software)
For other uses, see Toad (disambiguation)
| Original author(s) | Quest Software |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 11.0 R2
/ November 15, 2011 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | Database management/development |
| Website | http://www.quest.com/toad |
Toad is a software application from Quest Software used for development and administration of various relational databases using SQL.[1]
Supported databases and environments
Toad supports the following relational databases: Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, IBM DB2, and MySQL. In 2009, Quest Software announced the availability of Toad for Cloud Databases with support for the following non-relational databases: Hadoop, mongoDB, SimpleDB, Azure Services Platform, and Apache Cassandra. Toad runs on all 32-bit Windows platforms, including Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, and Vista. For backend connectivity Toad needs Oracle 32-bit SQL*Net and Oracle version 7.3.4 or later.
Toad can view the Oracle data dictionary - tables, indexes, stored procedures - and do various other tasks through multi-tabbed browsers.
Toad does not support any non-Microsoft environment. Quest used to maintain an open source platform independent tool offering some of Toad's basic functionality, called TOra. Starting from 2005-02-17 TOra is fully maintained by the community.[2][3]
Quest makes Toad available in both commercial and trial/freeware versions. Freeware is available from the ToadWorld.com community[4]
History
Toad was originally designed by a practicing Oracle developer, Jim McDaniel (aka "TOADman"), in order to make his own life easier. He called it Tool for Oracle Application Developers, TOAD for short. The tool was made available to others first as shareware and later as freeware, and McDaniel distributed it freely over the Internet.
As the user base grew, so did the effort of maintenance and development. Finally, the author realized that he could no longer dedicate substantial amounts of time to the growing quantity of software enhancement requests.
Books
- Toad Pocket Reference for Oracle 1st Edition by Jim McDaniel and Patrick McGrath, O'Reilly, 2002 (ISBN 0596003374, ISBN 978-0596003371)
- Toad Pocket Reference for Oracle 2nd Edition by Jeff Smith, Bert Scalzo, and Patrick McGrath, O'Reilly, 2005 (ISBN 0596009712, ISBN 978-0596009717)
- TOAD Handbook by Bert Scalzo and Dan Hotka, Sams, 2003 (ISBN 0672324865, ISBN 978-0672324864)
- TOAD Handbook 2nd Edition by Bert Scalzo and Dan Hotka, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009 (ISBN 0321649109, ISBN 978-0321649102)