TOAD Pocket Reference for Oracle

By Jim McDaniel, Patrick McGrath
August 2002
Pages: 128
Series: Pocket References
ISBN 10: 0-596-00337-4 | ISBN 13: 9780596003371
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Description

The Tool for Oracle Application Developers (TOAD) is a popular graphical user interface for the Oracle database that allows programmers to build, test, debug, and format their code within an interactive development environment. The only book in print for the current version of TOAD (7.4), the TOAD Pocket Reference for Oracle provides Oracle developers and DBAs with a quick reference to TOAD's main features, shortcut keys, recommended changes to options, and productivity tips and tricks. This handy guide will help TOAD users realize the full power of their favorite productivity tool.
Full Description

The Tool for Oracle Application Developers (TOAD) is a popular graphical user interface for the Oracle database that allows programmers to build, test, debug, an format their code within an interactive development environment. With the easy-to-use TOAD interface, changes that once took hours can be done in just minutes. TOAD allows developers to browse their database tables, procedures and object types, use code templates, and shows errors. It also simplifies database administration by providing a way for DBAs to graphically browse and change database characteristics. The only book in print for the current version of TOAD (7.4), the TOAD Pocket Reference for Oracle , provides Oracle developers and DBAs with quick reference to TOAD?s main features, shortcut keys, recommended changes to options, and productivity tips and tricks. The book covers:
  • An introduction to TOAD and its main program functions
  • How to customize TOAD and change its options to suit your work environment
  • SQL Editor (and data grid)
  • Procedure Editor
  • PL/SQL Debugger
  • Schema Browser
  • TOAD-DBA module (add-on module)
Written by TOADman (Jim McDaniel, the creator of TOAD) and Patrick McGrath, this book provides a concise pocket-sized guide that?s easy to carry anywhere. Developers and DBAs will find the TOAD Pocket Reference for Oracle an indispensable companion.



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TOAD Pocket Reference for Oracle Review,  October 25 2002
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Submitted by Sean Hayes   [Respond | View]

I've been downloading TOAD for a few years, but mostly done the same old stuff in the same old way. This book, by the TOADman himself, has been great because it covers the 95% of options I've never bothered with, especially the right-button mouse-click options. I wouldn't claim a 500% increase in TOAD productivity, but maybe a 50% one, when using TOAD, especially with PL/SQL. And the size of the book is great too, perfect for coat pockets, and the desktop, with all the tabs, clicks and being being quickly accessible. Nice work.

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"[Consumers] will find the fine 'pocket references' produced by O'Reilly to be compact and affordable."
-- James Cox, The Computer Shelf: Midwest Book Review

"A valuable addition to the library of application developers and DBAs alike."
--Williamsburg Macromedia User Group, February 13, 2003

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