Toad® for Oracle 14.

Release Notes
Revised 10/8/2020

Contents

About Toad for Oracle 4

Toad for Oracle resources 4
About this release 5

About Toad® for Oracle® Editions 6

New Features and Enhancements 8

Toad for Oracle 14.0 8
Subscription Licensing 8
Stability and Security Improvements 8
Toolbars and Menus 8
Database | Create menu 8
Installer 9
Quest Update Service 9
Additional Object Type Support 9
Editor 9
SQL Error Dialog 9
Schema Browser 9
Treeview Display Mode 9
Column Comments 10
Team Coding 10
General 10
VCS Login 10
Team Coding Manager 10
Sensitive Data Protection 10
Database Monitor 10
Single Object Compare 10
Database Browser 10
Pluggable Databases on Oracle RAC 10
Generate Schema Script 11
Constraints 11
Session Browser 11
Container Databases 11

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 Export DDL 11
Users 11
Toad for Oracle 13.3 11
Table Data 11
Copy Table Data 11
Import Table Data 11
Automation Designer 12
Export Dataset Action 12
File / List Iterator Actions 12
Schema Browser 12
Tables View, Partitioning Tab 12
Generate Schema Script 12
Toad® Script Runner 12
Toad for Oracle 13.2 12
Unit Testing 12
Connections 13
Connection Toolbar Buttons 13
Database Login Window 14
Export Encrypted Connection Passwords 14
Filter Connection Tabs 14
Database and Data Management 14
ASM Flex Disk Groups 14
Compare Databases 14
Compare Schemas 14
Create Object Window Enhancements 15
DBMS Auto Index 15
Export Dataset 15
Export DDL 16
Hybrid Partitioned Tables 16
Schema Browser 17
Sensitive Data Awareness and Protection 17
Automation Designer 18
Analyze Objects Action 18
General 18
Workspace Enhancements 18
Migrate Tasks in the Task Scheduler 18
Schema Chooser Enhancement 18

Enhancements from Idea Pond 19

Discontinued Features 20

Resolved issues 21
Toad for Oracle 14.0 21
Toad for Oracle 13.3 26
Toad for Oracle 13.2 28

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Known issues 32
General known issues 32
Data Grids known issues 33
Code Analysis known issues 33
Editor known issues 34
Session Browser known issues 34
Team Coding known issues 34
Unicode known issues 35
High DPI known issues 36
Third-party known issues 36

System requirements 37
Hardware requirements 37
Database requirements 38
Network 38
Additional requirements 39
Virtualization support 39
Windows Privileges 39

Product licensing 41
Legacy Toad for Oracle with offline license keys 41
Toad for Oracle Subscription with online licensing 41

Getting started with Toad for Oracle 43

Upgrade and installation instructions 43
User instructions 43
Additional resources 43

Globalization 44
Global Operation Statement 44

About us 45
Contacting Quest 45
Technical support resources 45

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 About Toad for Oracle
Toad for Oracle provides an intuitive and efficient way for database professionals of all skill and experience
levels to perform their jobs with an overall improvement in workflow effectiveness and productivity. With Toad for
Oracle you can:

l Understand your database environment through visual representations

l Meet deadlines easily through automation and smooth workflows
l Perform essential development and administration tasks from a single tool
l Deploy high-quality applications that meet user requirements; perform predictably and reliably in
production
l Validate database code to ensure the best-possible performance and adherence to best-
practice standards
l Manage and share projects, templates, scripts, and more with ease

The Toad for Oracle solutions are built for you, by you. Nearly two decades of development and feedback from
various communities like Toad World have made it the most powerful and functional tool available. With an
installed-base of over two million, Toad for Oracle continues to be the “de facto” standard tool for database
development and administration.

Toad for Oracle resources

Toad World is a unique and valuable resource available to all Toad users. Toad World provides forums, blogs,
videos, product information, Beta releases (when available), and Trial downloads for Toad products. Visit Toad
World at: https://www.toadworld.com.
Two of the most-often used features of Toad World are the Forums and the Idea Pond.

l On the Idea Pond page, you can submit your ideas to improve Toad and vote for or comment on other
ideas. The Toad team takes your suggestions seriously, and you may even hear back from one of our
developers on the topic. We encourage all Toad users—from new to experienced—to let us know how
we can improve Toad.
l On the Forum page, you can ask a question or start a discussion and view all other forums within the
Toad community.

The Toad World blog pages feature a broad range of information, including topics of interest to our industry, as
well as instructions from team members on how to use the latest Toad features.
The Toad for Oracle web-based training is a perfect accompaniment to your product license. This free training
walks you through major product features and explains how to perform frequent tasks. You’ll also see how to
utilize time-saving automation functionality. You’ll receive a certificate of completion for each course once you
pass the accompanying test.

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About this release
Toad for Oracle 14.0 includes component and requirement upgrades. These upgrades address security
vulnerabilities previously identified in the third party component.

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 About Toad® for Oracle® Editions
Each Toad for Oracle Edition is packaged with additional Quest products to expand your experience. The
following products may be part of your Toad for Oracle Edition:

l Toad for Oracle 14.0

l Benchmark Factory for Databases
l Code Tester for Oracle
l Spotlight on Oracle
l SQL Optimizer for Oracle
l Toad Data Modeler

The following Toad for Oracle Editions are available:

Edition Licensed

Toad for Oracle Base Edition Toad® for Oracle®

Toad® Data Modeler (free use)

Toad for Oracle Professional Toad® for Oracle® Professional

Edition Toad® Data Modeler (free use)

Toad for Oracle Xpert Edition Toad® for Oracle® Xpert — Includes all features in Base and Professional
Editions
SQL Optimizer for Oracle®

Toad for Oracle Developer Toad® for Oracle® Xpert

Edition Code Tester for Oracle®
Benchmark Factory® for Databases - Oracle Edition

Toad for Oracle DBA Edition Toad® for Oracle® Xpert

DB Admin Module Add-on
Spotlight on Oracle® — Includes Spotlight on Unix/Linux, Spotlight on
Windows, and Spotlight on Oracle Data Guard
Benchmark Factory® for Databases - Oracle Edition
Toad® Data Modeler

Toad for Oracle DBA RAC Toad® for Oracle® Xpert

Edition DB Admin Module Add-on
Spotlight on Oracle® with RAC Option — Includes Spotlight on
Unix/Linux, Spotlight on Windows, and Spotlight on Oracle Data Guard
Benchmark Factory® for Databases - Oracle Edition
Toad® Data Modeler

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 Edition Licensed

Toad for Oracle DBA Exadata Toad® for Oracle® Xpert

Edition DB Admin Module Add-on
Spotlight on Oracle® with RAC and Exadata Options — Includes Spotlight
on Unix/Linux, Spotlight on Windows, and Spotlight on Oracle® Data
Guard
Benchmark Factory® for Databases - Oracle Edition
Toad® Data Modeler

NOTE: The DB Admin Module can be added to any Toad Edition.

For more information about the products in your Toad for Oracle Edition and the minimum system requirements
for running these products, see the Toad for Oracle Editions release notes at:
https://support.quest.com/technical-documents

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 New Features and Enhancements

Toad for Oracle 14.0

Subscription Licensing
Note: Applies to Toad for Oracle Subscription with online licensing.
Toad for Oracle Subscription maps licenses to your Quest.com account which are managed via a new, self-
service licensing portal. Sign in with your Quest.com account to begin using Toad immediately. New users are
automatically issued a 30-day trial during which you are free to explore all of Toad's features. Learn more.
Note: Running multiple copies of Toad is supported, but only the first copy will make presistent changes to
configuration files. Additional running instances operate in a "virtual" mode where configuration settings are
loaded from your last used options, but changes made do not persist when Toad is closed. This is equivalent to
the /VIRTUAL command line switch.

Stability and Security Improvements

Much empasis was placed on improving application stability and security. Well over 100 defects identified by
customers, internal testing, and by data collected from the Toad Improvement Program were resolved.
The Toad Improvement Program collects anonymous usage data to help the Toad for Oracle team identify
usage patterns and prioritize new development including, but not limited to, organizing the UI to make the
features you rely on more accessible. The Toad Improvement Program also collects data on unhandled
exceptions so that we can identify and resolve defects. We'd like to thank all who participate in Toad's ongoing
success by enabling Toad Improvement Program data collection. To enable Toad Improvement Program data
collection, select "Yes" to the participation opt-in in Options (View | Options | Online).

Toolbars and Menus

Database | Create menu
Using data collected from the Toad Improvement Program, the Database | Create menu has been reorganized
to group related items and make the commonly used items readibly accessible.

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Installer
Quest Update Service
Note: This pertains to Toad for Oracle Subscription, only.
Toad for Oracle Subscription edition is bundled with an update service to periodically check for and deliver
product updates. Upon successful installation, the Quest Update Service is configured to run automatically
using the LocalService account. Product updates are automatically downloaded and a notification window
displays alerting you to the pending updates. You can install or dismiss updates from the notification window.
Note: The Quest Update Service does not provide updates for all products produced by Quest.

Additional Object Type Support

Support for Analytic Views, Attribute Dimensions, In-Memory Join Groups, and Hierarchies has been added to
the following areas...

l Schema Browser
l Export DDL
l Compare Schemas
l Single Object Compare
l Object Search
l Create/Alter windows

Editor
SQL Error Dialog
An option has been added to suppress the error dialog shown when running SQL or compiling PL/SQL raises
an ORA exception. Errors are still displayed in the Editor's error panel. See the "Display SQL errors in popup
dialog" option (View | Options | Editor | Behavior).

Schema Browser
Treeview Display Mode
An option has been added to automatically expand the node for the logon schema when the Schema
Browser is opened.

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Column Comments
An option has been added allowing for column comments to display as mouse-over tooltips on the
Data Grid tab.

Team Coding
General
Azure DevOps Server 2019 is supported.

VCS Login
The VCS login dialog now selects the repository used for the database, by default.

Team Coding Manager

Optimizations resulting in improved load times, especially on large database.

Sensitive Data Protection

Additional rules are included to detect German, French, and Italian sensitive data patterns.

Database Monitor
Anomalies in data used to populate charts can cause auto-scaling such that the remainder of the data is
indecipherable. To combat this, a new option has been added allowing for user-defined min/max chart values
and how to handle data outside of this range. Data falling outside of the display range can be skipped, replaced
with the previous data point's value, or the max/min display value can be used. See the Alerts and Display tab
in the Database Monitor Options window.

Single Object Compare

Improved performance in displaying this window.

Database Browser
Pluggable Databases on Oracle RAC
When connected to a container database (CDB) on Oracle RAC you can now specify the pluggable database
(PDB) instances to open or close.

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Generate Schema Script
Constraints
Constraints are now listed individually in the run report and a new option has been added allowing for
constraints to be exported to their own .sql file.

Session Browser
Container Databases
Ability to group and filter by "Container ID" has been added for easily identifying which pluggable database
each session pertains to.

Export DDL
Users
Added support for extracting encrypted passwords for the "identified by values" clause using DBMS_
METADATA. DBMS_METADATA is accessible to all users having the SELECT ANY ROLE system privilege.

Toad for Oracle 13.3

Table Data
Copy Table Data
When copying table data to another table you can select a subset of source table columns from which to copy.
Only data in the selected columns will be copied to the destination table. Copy Table Data is accessible from the
Schema Browser Tables view right-click menu (Data | Copy to another schema).
Note: Copy Table Data is also accessible from the Automation Designer (Utilities | Automation Designer).

Import Table Data

Improved detection of field breaks when importing table data from fixed width text files (Database | Import |
Import Table Data).
Note: Import Table Data is also accessible from the Automation Designer (Utilities | Automation Designer).

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Automation Designer
Export Dataset Action
If the dataset is a SQL file containing multiple SELECT statements, Toad will generate one file per statement. If
the destination is Excel File then Toad will generate a new sheet per statement.
Similarly, if the dataset is SQL text then multiple SELECT statements results in multiple files.

File / List Iterator Actions

Support for multiple variable values per line, separated by a delimiter of your choosing. Values are referenced
within child actions using the fully qualified variable name which is the action name and the 1-based value
index, e.g. %MyFileIterator.1%.

Schema Browser
Tables View, Partitioning Tab
Row Select option added to right-click menu. Row Select is enabled, by default.

Generate Schema Script

Generate Schema Script (Database | Export | Generate Schema Script) has added support for ANALYTIC
VIEW, ATTRIBUTE DIMENSION, HIERARCHY, and INMEMORY JOIN GROUP object types.

Toad® Script Runner

The SYSASM, SYSKM, SYSDG, and SYSBACKUP administrative privileges are now supported.

Toad for Oracle 13.2

Unit Testing
This release of Toad for Oracle includes a new feature that allows you to easily create unit tests to test your
PL/SQL code. Testing PL/SQL objects, such as packages and procedures, is an integral part of the agile
development process and helps ensure that your code functions as designed.
Toad's unit testing feature is built on the utPLSQL open source framework.

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 l A new window guides you through the process of defining a test suite containing one or more unit tests.
This process creates suite and test stub code which is generated and sent to the Editor.

l In Editor, you can modify the code, add input values, edit setup and teardown subprograms, and finalize
your unit tests.
l A Unit Test Manager allows you to view, access, and run existing unit tests. Test suites and unit tests are
displayed in a tree view. From the Unit Test Manager, you can send tests to the Editor.
l Test and suite configuration information is stored within the tests and test suites in the form of
annotations. The utPLSQL framework uses these annotations to identify and run tests.
l You can run unit tests from the Editor or from the Unit Test Manager.
l You can select one or more reports to be generated during the run. Reports fall into one of two
categories:
l Run Results — Reports on test pass/fail status.
l Code Coverage — Reports on the percentage of tested object code covered (i.e. executed) by
your tests.

Note: Reports are available in many formats suitable for consumption by modern CI/CD and code
quality systems.

Connections
Connection Toolbar Buttons
Toad now allows you to rearrange connection bar buttons by drag and drop. Right-click on Toad's toolbar and
choose Customize. When the customization dialog is shown you can drag and drop any menu item or toolbutton

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to reposition it, including the buttons for each active connection.

Database Login Window

In the Database Login window, if you display connections in tabs (e.g., Tabbed by User), you can now filter the
tabs. This is useful if you have a large number of connections.

l To filter the tabs displayed, right-click a tab and select Filter Tabs. Then enter a text string in the search
box. The filter persists while the Database Login window is open.

Export Encrypted Connection Passwords

Toad now allows you to include connection passwords when exporting Toad connections. Encryption is
applied to protect the passwords. A master password is used to decrypt when importing the connections from
the export file.

Filter Connection Tabs

You now can easily filter tabs to display less connections in New Connection. Right-click any connection tab
and select Filter Tabs.

Database and Data Management

ASM Flex Disk Groups
The Create Disk Group window now supports Oracle ASM flex disk groups. Create Disk Group is available
from the ASM Manager (Database | Administer | ASM Manager).
Note: Flex disk groups are available in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 and newer.

Compare Databases
When comparing single objects (Database | Compare | Single Objects), you now have the option to
compare the triggers on the table. To compare triggers, select the Options tab and then select the Include
Triggers check box.
When comparing data (Database | Compare | Data), Toad now supports BLOB, CLOB, NCLOB, and XMLTYPE
data types. You must have the EXECUTE privilege on the DBMS_CRYPTO package.
Note: The BLOB data type is not supported for synchronization using a sync script. You must use the Compare
Data window.

Compare Schemas
Improved handling of mismatched table columns. When a table in the target schema differs from a table in the
source schema by name alone, i.e. datatype, scale, precision, and column position are the same, the sync script
will default to rename the column. You can override the rename and opt to drop/create the column, instead,
when viewing the Difference Details.

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Create Object Window Enhancements
This release includes an enhanced Create (Alter) Object window. New layout and appearance make this
window easier to use while functionality remains unchanged. Review the following details:

l Each window includes a toolbar for frequently-used actions. Where applicable, buttons are now intuitive
icons for easy identification.
l The tabs have been replaced by a streamlined panel on the left side where applicable categories are
listed. Select a category on the left-hand side to display options on the right-hand side.
l Windows that were modal, such as the Create User window, are now modeless.
l The format follows enhancements made to other windows in Toad, such as Compare Schemas.

DBMS Auto Index

Support for Oracle's DBMS_AUTO_INDEX package has been added. This feature allows Oracle to
automatically create indexes as needed to achieve optimal performance by analyzing user queries.
Note: DBMS_AUTO_INDEX is available on Oracle Database 19c, Enterprise Edition on Engineered Systems
and Exadata Cloud Service, only.

Export Dataset
Use Table Name as Filename
When you export data from a data grid, the Export Dataset dialog allows you to enter a name for the export
file. You can now specify whether or not to automatically create a file name based on the name of a table
in the query.

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 l To enable this option, right-click within the File field and select Auto filename from table.

l When this option is disabled, the last export file name is used. The option is disabled by default.

Export to XML as Non-Encoded Data

Now when exporting data to XML, if you select an encoding method other than ANSI, certain data is not
encoded. Specifically, all the characters listed in “Non-restricted characters” in Valid characters in XML will be
exported as clear text instead of using the "&#nnnn;" encoding format.

Export DDL
Include Sequences Used by Triggers
When exporting DDL for a table, if you select to include triggers, you now have the option to include the
sequences used by the triggers.

l In the Export DDL dialog (Database | Export | Export DDL), select the Script Options tab and then the
Tables tab. After selecting Triggers on the Tables tab, select Sequences used by triggers.

Hybrid Partitioned Tables

Toad supports hybrid partitioned tables in the following areas:

l Script Generation
l Create/Alter Table windows
l Compare Schemas

Note: Hybrid partitioned tables are a new feature of Oracle Database 19c.

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Schema Browser
View Objects without Segments
When viewing Tablespaces in the Schema Browser, the Objects tab now includes a new option to view objects
that do not have segments. Because Oracle does not always create a segment for a new object until a row is
added, these objects do not display in the Segments list. This new option allows you to display a list of objects
without segments.

l In the Schema Browser, when viewing Tablespaces, select the Objects tab and then select Objects
without Segments from the drop-down list.

Resetting Sequence Value

When altering a sequence (right-click, Alter) you can reset the sequence back to its start value by checking
Reset and clicking OK.

Copy Table Data

XMLTYPE is now supported when copying data from one table to another. Copy Table Data is accessible
from the Schema Browser's right-click menu, Data | Copy to another schema, and as an action in the
Automation Designer.

Sensitive Data Awareness and Protection

Expanded Sensitive Data Detection
New rules have been added to extend sensitive data detection to common European Union personal
data formats.

Copy Default Policies to Other Rules

You can configure default policies once and apply them to other rules of the same Category or Severity.

Identify Sensitive Data in Grids

When Sensitive Data Awareness is enabled, Toad identifies sensitive data columns in grids used to display
table/view data and query results.

Samples of Matched Values

When viewing rules (View | Toad Options | Sensitive Data | Search Rules) all built-in rules (RuleID < 4000)
display a list of sample values the rule will match.

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Automation Designer
Analyze Objects Action
Updated GUI is easier to use and still fully featured.

General
Workspace Enhancements
Display the Workspaces toolbar to view the following enhancements:

l You can now rename the current saved workspace.

l Workspaces are now sorted alphabetically, by default. You can toggle this feature on or off in Options |
Toolbars/Menus | Toolbars.

Migrate Tasks in the Task Scheduler

You can now easily migrate tasks scheduled to run using a previous version of Toad.

1. Select Utilities | Task Scheduler to open the Task Scheduler.

2. Tasks that are specified to run using a previous version of Toad are marked in red text. To migrate these
tasks to run using your current version of Toad, right-click the task and select Migrate Tasks.

Schema Chooser Enhancement

Right-click on Toad's schema chooser control to view the following enhancement:

1. From the Users to Load sub-menu you can opt to Hide Oracle-maintained schemas on Oracle
Database 12c and newer. Oracle-maintained schemas are internally managed by the database and
identified by having a value of 'Y' for the ORACLE_MAINTAINED column in ALL_USERS.

You can find the most up-to-date list of new features for this release in the Toad for Oracle Release Notes found
at: https://support.quest.com/toad-for-oracle/technical-documents.

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 Enhancements from Idea Pond
The following is a list of enhancements submitted by Toad for Oracle users through Idea Pond and implemented
in this release.
The Toad for Oracle Idea Pond on Toad World is a site where you can submit your ideas to improve Toad and
vote or comment on ideas submitted by other users. The Toad development team has always been driven by
Toad customers, and Idea Pond makes it easy for you to tell us what changes are most important.

l To visit Idea Pond, log in to the Toad Forums at: https://forums.toadworld.com. Select the Categories tab.
Then click Idea Pond in the Toad for Oracle category.

Enhancement Issue ID Link to Idea Pond

Delete button added to Login window. TMB-1666 link

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 Discontinued Features
Knowledge Xpert. Knowledge Xpert is no longer available on Toad World. Beginning with release 13.1, Toad
components no longer reference the online Knowledge Xpert.
Ask a Question. The Go to Toad World and Ask a Question commands on the Toad World toolbar have been
replaced. To ask a question, click the Forums toolbar button to go directly to the forum. To go to Toad World,
click the Forums or the Browse Blogs toolbar buttons. You can also use the Help menu: Help | Toad World |
Forums. This change is found in Toad for Oracle 13.1 or later.
Integration with Toad Intelligence Central. Beginning with Toad for Oracle 13.1, Toad no longer provides
integration with Toad Intelligence Central. The Toad Intelligence Central window is not available and you
cannot publish scripts, files, Code Analysis results, and other resources to a Toad Intelligence Central server
using Toad for Oracle. You cannot connect to Toad Intelligence Central through Toad for Oracle.

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 Resolved issues
The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Toad for Oracle.

Toad for Oracle 14.0

The following list of resolved issues includes issues received from the Toad for Oracle forum and
Toad Beta users.

Issue ID Link to Forum Resolved Issue

Post

TMB-1562 Export Dataset to Excel file results in spreadsheet corruption with certain
data.
TMB-2229 Viewing a package in the Schema Browser hangs Toad if the code contains
mixed usage of space and tab characters for indentation.
TMB-2284 Exporting table DDL will raise an ORA-00904 exception if the "Audit
statements" option is included and the database's COMPATIBLE
initialization parameter is set to a version less than the database version.
TMB-2355 link Database Monitor graphs display large negative spikes when values in
V$SYSSTAT reach their maximum and roll back to 0.
TMB-2511 link Code Insight can be positioned or scaled incorrectly in a multiple monitor
setup where the monitors have differing pixels per inch.
TMB-2545 link The Set Variable action in the Automation Designer does not allow for
assignment to the value of another variable.
TMB-2584 link Editor, Auto Replace does not make replacement upon Tab key press when
the tab mode is set to spaces.
TMB-2587 Analyze Objects, Global Preferences do not update when the connection is
changed.

TMB-2594 Closing a session does not remove the associated Connection Bar button in
some cases.
TMB-2600 Code Analysis, SQL Scan does not display results.
TMB-2621 link Creating a MATERIALIZED VIEW from the Schema Browser does not add
the view to Team Coding for controlled schemas.
TMB-2654 Importing a Code Analysis rule set containing custom rules omits the
custom rules if they are new to that installation of Toad.
TMB-2658 link Reordering Connection Bar buttons does not always save the layout.

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Issue ID Link to Forum Resolved Issue
Post

TMB-2662 link The Unit Test Manager throws an Access Violation exception when a
package decorated with utPLSQL annotations is compiled in the Editor.
TMB-2687 Search as you type is non-functional in the Object Palette's schema
chooser.
TMB-2696 link Database Health Check does not run against all connections when multiple
connections are configured and the health check is executed from
command line or from the Automation Designer.
TMB-2697 Team Coding allows multiple people to check out the same object in a
specific circumstance.
TMB-2718 link Database Health Check raises exception when the "list segments with <
n%..." check is included and its rules are satisfied.

TMB-2726 Export Dataset does not include "null" text for null fields when the "Include
null text" option is used with the Fixed Field Spacing output format.
TMB-2728 An exception is raised when creating the Space History tables in the TOAD
schema from the Administer Tablespaces window on Oracle Database 19c.
TMB-2731 link The list of objects goes blank when viewing Favorites in the Schema
Browser after popping the window out.
TMB-2748 link The Backspace key does not delete TIMESTAMP data from the data grid.
TMB-2762 link Rebuild Multiple Objects does not restore the NOCACHE cache mode.
TMB-2776 Executing SQL from the Editor with the Auto Trace option enabled may
show 0's for all statistics when logged in as SYS.
TMB-2801 link Script execution using the "SHOW ERRORS" command does not show
errors for PL/SQL that is fully qualified to include the schema.
TMB-2822 Failure to execute a SELECT statement joining two or more tables having
ambiguous columns when an XMLTYPE column is also included in the
result set.
TMB-2829 link Schema Browser, Clone/Copy schema does not automatically enclose
password in double quotes when required.

TMB-2841 When viewing Tablespaces in the Schema Browser treeview display mode,
refreshing the detail view (right side of browser) first loads summary data for
all tablespaces before returning to the detail panel you had activated.
TMB-2842 When using the "Top to Bottom" layout in the Session Browser the height
distribution between the top and bottom areas of the window is not
remembered.
TMB-2844 Changing the active session does not always return to the last activated
window for that session.
TMB-2908 Import Table Data may hang Toad when importing from Access file (.mdb)
when LOB columns are involved.
TMB-2935 link Refreshing the Schema Browser will refresh the window twice when more
than one Schema Browser window is open.
TMB-2989 When exporting Table DDL with the "All LOB Parameters" option enabled,
the RETENTION parameter is omitted from the DDL if it is set to the default

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Issue ID Link to Forum Resolved Issue
Post

value.
TMB-2996 link Automation Designer, Actionable Query action, converts PL/SQL to
uppercase.
TMB-2997 Generate Schema Script places INDEX DDL before corresponding TABLE
DDL when the "File will be used for HTML schema doc generation" option is
enabled (Output | Snapshot Files).
TMB-3012 link Alter Credential does not allow for the scheduler credential password to be
changed.
TMB-3013 link Export DDL generates an incorrect script for users having IDENTIFIED BY
VALUES clause with a password containing a space.
TMB-3015 The Data Grid Popup Editor throws an Access Violation exception when it's
open and data is deleted from the grid.
TMB-3020 In the Editor, executing an anonymous block utilizing DBMS_
SQL.RETURN_RESULT() does not return a result. "Execute/compile
statement at caret (F9)" and "Execute as script (F5)" are both affected.
TMB-3067 When viewing a tablespace in the Schema Browser the status is not
reported properly in some cases. Also, setting an offline tablespace to
online in the Alter Tablespace window does not set the tablespace to
online.
TMB-3088 link Maximizing Toad from a minimized state does not restore the active window
in some cases.
TMB-3089 link Team Coding does not reflect an object's locked status when it has been
locked by an external application.
TMB-3091 Team Coding does not obey the Editor's "Substitution Variable Prompting"
option when differences are found between the VCS and database versions
of the source code.
TMB-3105 Compare Data throws ORA-01446 when comparing complex views.
TMB-3107 link Session Browser shows duplicate parallel slaves in some cases.
TMB-3132 Auto Optimize SQL window throws an ORA-01005 exception when
connected as a globally authenticated user.
TMB-3143 link Export Dataset quotes null values when the "Double quote strings" and
"Single quote numbers" options are used with the Delimited Text output
format.
TMB-3144 link Toad does not remember the window usage order, i.e. closing a window
does not activate the next, most recently used window.
TMB-3194 link Poor performance opening large XML files in the Editor.
TMB-3195 link Highlighting of matching braces in the Editor can perform poorly in some
cases, especially with large XML that is compacted so that it exists on a
single line.
TMB-3213 Toad will throw an exception or crash when trying to select a workspace
from the workspace chooser when two or more have the same name.
TMB-3214 link Data Grid Popup Editor does not restore when it is minimized and a grid cell

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is double-clicked.
TMB-3235 link Export Dataset using the Excel File output format does not respect variables
in the "Sheet name," e.g. %ActiveEditorTabCaption%.
TMB-3247 Compare Data performs poorly when comparing LOBs across multiple
sessions.
TMB-3266 After loading a saved workspace, the Editor prompts to reload files
unnecessarily when the "Prompt for reload on activation if timestamp has
changed" option is enabled.
TMB-3286 link Rebuild Multiple Objects window generates invalid SQL when rebuilding
LOB Segments for columns of type SDO_GEOMETRY.
TMB-3288 link Generate Data chooses the incorrect column when referencing foreign
columns for values in some cases.
TMB-3289 link In Analyze Objects, the final page showing all objects to be analyzed does
not adjust the column widths optimally.
TMB-3301 link Compare Data uses the wrong session for one of its queries when
comparing data between two different sessions.
TMB-3308 link Team Coding Team Projects does not allow for escaping wildcard
characters (_, %, ?, *) when specifying include/exclude object type filters.
TMB-3310 link Session Browser throws List Index Out of Bounds exception when activating
the Explain Plan tab when the "Fetch details" checkbox is in the unchecked
state.
TMB-3315 Switching the active workspace causes the Editor to throw an Access
Violation exception in some cases.
TMB-3364 link Team Coding adds collation options to all string column and table DDL.
TMB-3375 Connections to Team Coding controlled databases are slow with a large
number of controlled objects.
TMB-3377 The "SQL area" data series shown in the Database Monitor, Miss Ratios
graph is ambiguous.

TMB-3379 link Workspaces do not support Describe windows.

TMB-3381 link Drag/drop tabs in the Editor to reorder them causes the Navigator panel to
go blank.
TMB-3384 link In the Data Grid, double clicking a cell containing nested table data shows
the nested data on the first invocation of the dialog, but not on subsequent
invocations.
TMB-3393 link Test Connection (Reconnect) does not allow for entering an updated
password when it has been changed externally, setting a new password
when it has expired, or unlocking an account that has been locked
externally.
TMB-3402 Alter Job produces invalid SQL when changing the "Subsequent
Executions" value in some cases.
TMB-3430 link Generate Schema Script lacks option to create filenames in lowercase.

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TMB-3435 link There is no way to see a view's invisible columns when browsing the
columns or the data of a view from the Schema Browser.
TMB-3447 link Data Grids resulting from "Execute Script (F5)" in the Editor are obscured by
a large tooltip/hint showing the SQL that produced the data.
TMB-3448 Code Analysis produces incorrect CRUD matrix for MERGE statements.
TMB-3450 Toad cannot be shared as an application/window during a Microsoft Teams
call.
TMB-3464 link Session Browser shows duplicate parallel slaves in some cases.
TMB-3468 link DB Health Check produces script containing duplicate indexes having the
same name when the "List foreign keys with no matching index on child
table" check is enabled in some cases.

TMB-3471 link DB Health Check produces blank output when using the check(s) involving
the FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS parameter in some cases.
TMB-3472 link HTML Database Doc Generator is missing some fields from the
V$DATABASE table in the report output.
TMB-3477 Support Bundle lists a defunct module, QP5CA.dll.
TMB-3493 Shortcut keystrokes are not handled properly when Citrix Workspace App is
installed with the "App Protection" option enabled during its installation.
TMB-3537 Toad 64-bit on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 cannot make
database connections when Dynatrace application monitoring software is
installed.
TMB-3545 link Export Dataset does not detect schema or table name properly when the
"Cast XMLTYPE to CLOB" option is set to XMLSerialize on the "Data Grids |
Data" page in Options.
TMB-3549 link Generate Schema Script includes compression options for tables in the
output script when the "Compression" option is set to "Never" (Options |
Storage | Compression) and when any tablespaces are included (Extract |
Object Types).
TMB-3557 link Redo Log Manager gives incorrect group membership recommendation
when the members reside on high redundancy disk groups.
TMB-3559 link Describe window can throw an Access Violation exception in some race
conditions.
TMB-3560 link In the Data Grid, double clicking a cell containing cursor data shows the
data on the first invocation of the dialog, but not on subsequent invocations.
TMB-3576 link Export Dataset erroneously includes identity columns when the Insert
Statements output format is used.
TMB-3594 link When the Editor has focus with an unmodified tab active and SQL Recall is
also visible, Save (Ctrl+S) will invoke the SQL Recall's export functionality.
TMB-3596 link Export DDL and the Tables Script tab in the Schema Browser includes the
schema name in sequence references even when the option to include
schema name is set to not include.
TMB-3611 link Schema Browser shows incorrect tablespace percentage used on RAC

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container databases in some cases.

TMB-3617 link When Toad cannot locate sqlplus.exe there is no indication of a problem
when attempting to send a script from Toad to SQL*Plus.
TMB-3623 Named SQL recall popup in Editor adds unnecessary scroll bars causing
text to not be shown completely.

Toad for Oracle 13.3

The following list of resolved issues includes issues received from the Toad for Oracle forum and
Toad Beta users.

Issue ID Link to Forum Resolved Issue

Post

TMB-2464 link Painting issues for unpinned (autohide) dock panels upon startup
TMB-2454 link Resource leaks in script execution status dialog
TMB-2431 link Incorrect recommendation that object name must be double quoted in select
create (or alter) object windows
TMB-2430 link Database Health Check fails to run via command line for all connections if
only one has a wrong password specified
TMB-2413 Changes to a Code Analysis Rule Set are not saved when saving to
previously exported Rule Set file
TMB-2408 link No Explain Plan results in some cases when the Explain Plan table exists in
multiple schemas
TMB-2393 "Invalid Oracle Home" message shown for instant clients installed to a folder
named "bin"
TMB-2354 link Sequence last cache value is incorrectly reporting the maximum value
TMB-2340 link Error encountered when publishing Java class containing forward slash in
its name to PL/SQL
TMB-2299 link Cannot copy individual cell values from the Partitioning tab when viewing a
table
TMB-2297 Incorrect DDL generated for table having foreign key referencing a view
TMB-2272 link Cannot edit saved direct connection so that it uses Service Name or SID
TMB-2271 link Incorrect font used for some columns when viewing table data in grid
TMB-2260 Export Dataset data masking does not work in some cases
TMB-2256 link Export Dataset parses SQL file incorrectly in some cases
TMB-2250 ORA-00900 when using the Data Masking option with SQL Text dataset in
the Export Dataset window and action
TMB-2249 Copy/paste a block selection containing multibyte characters causes

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exception when pasting

TMB-2245 link Code navigator when describing a package does not update properly
TMB-2243 link Export Dataset, Excel File format, exports the date 1-1-1900 as a string
instead of a date
TMB-2241 link Control alignment/position issues when resizing Session Browser
TMB-2238 Contexts, Dimensions, and Policies are not shown in the Schema Browser
when connected to a database that does not support Java, e.g. Oracle XE
TMB-2226 link Data Grid is slow to load for queries having many columns in the result set
when Sensitive Data Protection Awareness is enabled
TMB-2225 Editor, Toggle Full Screen Grid (Shift+F2) paints poorly and is non-
functional in some cases

TMB-2212 link Export Dataset, Merge Statements, incorrect SQL generated when table
primary key consists of all columns
TMB-2201 Administer Tablespace window problems (duplicate rows, privilege
exception) when connected to Oracle 12.1 container database
TMB-2192 Cannot edit data in grids for index-organized tables
TMB-2153 The "OK" button does not enable when altering a tablespace and changing
the maximum size value for a datafile
TMB-2146 Auto-connect not working when more than one connection is set to connect
automatically upon Toad startup
TMB-2057 link Compare Schemas incorrectly flags DEFAULT_COLLATION as a difference
and produces SQL error on target database in some cases
TMB-2034 link Window bar buttons do not update connection colors properly
TMB-2030 link Query results take too long to become available
TMB-2009 Database Probe hangs on Oracle 11g Release 2
TMB-1973 link Data Grid is read-only when executing SELECT from table having
XMLTYPE column despite ROWID being returned

TMB-1970 Code Analysis results in JSON format specifies wrong object owner in some
cases
TMB-1948 link Analyze Objects window opens to the wrong connection in some cases
TMB-1918 link Export Dataset incorrectly excludes XMLTYPE columns when the option to
exclude virtual columns is enabled
TMB-1872 Creating an Oracle 18c or 19c pluggable database fails if the container
database is non-Exadata
TMB-1849 link Access Violation generating Explain Plan
TMB-1818 link Duplicate Row in the data grid will hang Toad if followed a Find (Ctrl+F)
TMB-1808 link Rebuild Table changes INTEGER to NUMBER
TMB-1799 link SELECT * FROM TABLE(dbms_xplan.display_cursor) showing unexpected
result

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TMB-1745 link Compare Files vertical scrolling is too aggressive when the scrollbar is
clicked
TMB-1704 "Data type not supported" error when viewing cursor output containing
TIMESTAMP or INTERVAL fields
TMB-1624 link Compare Schemas uses DBMS_REDEFINITION to sync tables at times
when it shouldn't
TMB-1609 Sending PL/SQL from the Set Parameters window to Toad Script Runner for
execution passes SQL that is incomplete resulting in error
TMB-1604 link Explain Plan results in "ORA-01775: looping chain of synonyms" error
TMB-1587 link Windows high contrast option is not obeyed in some windows
TMB-1552 "No mapping for the Unicode character exists in the target multi-byte code
page" exception upon Toad startup/shutdown

Toad for Oracle 13.2

The following list of resolved issues includes issues received from the Toad for Oracle forum and
Toad Beta users.

Issue ID Link to Forum Resolved Issue

Post

TOR-822 Generated block produces variable names exceeding 30 chars

TOR-1176 Can't use Korean font
TOR-1263 link Breakpoint positions are lost when formatting
TOR-1831 link Impossible to CTRL+Click on package name
TOR-2105 Toad 12.12 menu font size does not change with Windows Control Panel
display setting at 125%

TOR-2249 link SQL using ANSI join within PL/SQL doesn't execute when selected
TOR-2254 The Script Tab not showing NULL values
TOR-2603 overloaded procedure always selects the first instance when executing from
the Schema Browser
TOR-2617 Default schema does not work in Editor as it used to.
TOR-2647 SVN: object fails if the comment matches the VCS Project name
TOR-2661 Rule 6405 is not triggered
TOR-2671 LIOOB querying tables with nested column types
TOR-2731 link Format Case Only replaces tab with space
TOR-2789 Opening Saved SQL from SQL Recall no longer displaying the name of the
Saved SQL

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TOR-2853 TSR prompts for password if it contains a space

TOR-2911 Connection colors not changing in windows - requires restarting Toad
TOR-3013 show pdbs command does not work in F5
TOR-3056 " Alt+/" not working for Upper case
TOR-3068 ORA-01017 error occurred when Toad recovers after crashing and
reconnects.
TOR-3080 Cannot modify menu shortcut if it conflicts with another command
TOR-3106 Can't type € into the Toad Editor, Schema Browser, Import Filter, stc.
TOR-3114 When closing password prompt for connection, connection window closes

TOR-3128 Error and AV when altering a table when not restricted through Toad
Security
TOR-3130 Compare Objects - Ignored Object Names cause false differences
TOR-3149 link Editor not opening correctly in SDI and One/Connection
TOR-3152 link Editor removes unprintable characters
TOR-3161 link Run Proc changing Toad's date format.
TOR-3164 SB Data filtering not working properly for certain tables
TOR-3167 Editor wrongly changing current schema after query when logged in as
SYSDBA
TOR-3168 File splitting adds additional tags and open tabs with every save and split
TOR-3186 link Java name not shown on tab caption after compile
TOR-3194 Custom Data Filter in schema browser not working correctly
TOR-3195 link No way to include leading spaces on data import
TOR-3196 F4 Does not work in Current Statement tab
TOR-3214 link ORA-01719 during Schema compare

TOR-3245 Oracle Compatible Version handled incorrectly

TOR-3248 link Unchecking columns still includes them in SQL*Loader Control File
TOR-3250 OS Date settings not correctly detected
TOR-3251 ORA-00922 running tablespace script in Exadata 18c
TOR-3252 Data Generation - Commit Every option not saved in SQL*Loader file
TOR-3261 link CTRL+Insert not working in all grids
TOR-3265 /EXEC comman line parameter non-functional
TOR-3266 Toad's date format changing when windows date format changing
TOR-3280 Script generation queries against V$IM_COLUMN_LEVEL even when "In
Memory" option is set to "Never"

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TOR-3282 "Display all results in grid" not remembered in Export Dataset

TOR-3283 Auto Optimize won't connect EXTERNAL or Proxy connection
TOR-3285 F9 can stop working in the editor in SDI mode
TOR-3296 link Explain Plan not switching RAC instances in session browser
TOR-3297 Tables skipped if different PK but "Use DB Link" option checked
TOR-3299 link Access Violation with cursor bind variable
TOR-3304 Toad slow to start
TOR-3309 Full snippet is not detected correctly
TOR-3313 Large VARCHAR2 columns (>4000 chars) not copied

TOR-3315 Cntrl+Enter not working correctly when code includes Tabs

TOR-3341 Temp tbs of pluggable does not show while on container
TOR-3343 Missing support for LOW lob compression in GUI
TOR-3351 Spotlight essentials login fails
TOR-3360 Collation clause sometimes appears when not valid
TOR-3371 link Navigator not sorting alphabetically
TOR-3375 Toad Schema Browser access violation when refreshing job details in
treeview
TOR-3376 link SQL Recall allowing duplicate statements to stack up
TOR-3384 Auto commit option reinstated
TOR-3387 Script is missing constraint references
TOR-3388 link Import Table Data looking at wrong decimal/thousand separator settings
TOR-3415 link Ctrl+Right does not stop on period
TOR-3433 link Fetch can't be cancelled on "group by"

TOR-3439 link DBMS Output polling not working

TOR-3448 link SB LHS and RHS can get out of sync
TOR-3452 Ctrl+Del behavior differs from Toad 12.7 and earlier
TOR-3453 link Editor dock layout is not remembered
TOR-3454 Can't always choose target table for export
TOR-3456 Access Violation when closing tab
TOR-3457 F5: Invalid data for a node of type 'CDATA' when running a query against
dba_hist_sql_plan
TOR-3519 Error when trying to get index size from LHS Indexes
TOR-3557 Code Analysis messages window not being shown when no violations exist
and manually launched

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TOR-3587 SQLLoader can't run control files that specify datafile w/o path
TOR-3564 Script generation of Unified Audit Policies throws exception in Oracle 19c
TOR-3600 link Grid Find Dialog difficult to select rows
TOR-3602 link Error message is corrupr
TOR-3610 Use ALTER instead of CREATE OR REPLACE when possible with TYPES
TOR-3615 link Can't get past first nested object in grid popup editors
TOR-3618 DESC command is reporting wrong column size
TOR-3648 link Trigger Scripts: Schema name not getting added/removed in FOLLOWS
TOR-3701 link Next run date calculation sometimes showing wrong timestamp

TOR-3784 link Negative values appearing in Wait Event chart

TOR-3796 ORA-00942 in Schema Browser with Oracle Cloud ATP and SELECT ANY
DICTIONARY privilege
TOR-3853 link Import Table Data GUI problem importing from multi-sheet excel file
TOR-3863 link Excessive white space at bottom of grid with vertically oriented monitor
TOR-3929 link File Compare/Merge window cuts off underscores when font size is
increased
TOR-3970 link Object Type list is empty when compare single object is launched from
DESC window
TOR-4013 RETENTION clause wrong in scripts with securefille LOBs.

You can find the most up-to-date list of resolved issues for this release in the Toad for Oracle Release Notes
found at: https://support.quest.com/toad-for-oracle/technical-documents.

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The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist in this release
line at the time of the current release.

General known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

Toad's help cannot be opened from an installation path that contains Unicode characters. 72966

If you check "Indexes" on the Scripts tab for snapshots, then the primary key for the snapshot N/A
will be included in the script, even though the CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW statement
implicitly creates this primary key.
Toad currently does not differentiate between indexes created explicitly on the snapshot and
indexes created automatically when the snapshot is created.
Workaround: If you are running the generated script to recreate the snapshot, then you can
simply ignore the error that occurs when the script tries to recreate the primary key index for
the snapshot. If you do not normally create indexes on snapshots, then you can uncheck
"Indexes" when generating the snapshot script.

If you use 11g Oracle ODP.NET client or any other client that does not have the oci.dll in the N/A
BIN directory, Toad has the following problems:

1. Client shows as invalid

2. Client version is not detected
3. As a result of #2, columns of the following datatypes are not shown in the Schema
Browser table data: CLOB, BLOB, NCLOB, XMLTYPE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL,
BINARY_DOUBLE, and BINARY_FLOAT

Debugger N/A
If there is an exception during debugging on a 10Gr2 or greater database, REFCURSOR
output and DBMS output will not be available when debugging is completed. This is due to the
target session not being available.
Workaround: To see REFCURSOR output and DBMS output, execute the procedure without
the debugger.

Connections N/A
While Toad supports LDAP connectivity, some features of Toad depend on tnsnames.ora file
to operate correctly, such as Toad Script Runner (TSR).

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Schema Browser N/A

Sometimes after pressing "Compile invalid objects", you may get ORA-20000, ORA-06512, or
ORA-06512 errors. This could mean that you do not have the privileges to compile the object,
but it also happens when the schema contains a package body that does not have an
associated spec.
Workaround: Look in the schema that you are trying to compile to see whether there are any
orphan package bodies. If it is your own schema, then do:select * from user_objects o1 where
object_type = ''PACKAGE BODY'' and not exists (select ''x'' from user_objects o2 where
o2.object_name = o1.object_name and o2.object_type = ''PACKAGE'') Then drop any orphan
package bodies that are found.

Virtualization 76354
An access violation error may display when you close Toad in a Citrix XenApp environment.

Import/Export 59228
Constraint scripts from Export DDL do not contain the "using index" or "tablespace" clause.

Data Modeler: N/A

l Generation of HTML reports of large diagrams may fail during generation of an image
of the ER Diagram.
l Comparison of large models may consume too much memory.

Data Grids known issues

Known Issue Issue
ID

You may receive an "ORA-00902 invalid datatype" error when editing an object, nested table, or N/A
varray data if you have redefined the data type for that data during the current session.
Workaround: If you redefine an object type, nested table, or varray and then need to edit data in a
table based on that type, end your current connection and begin a new one.

Full table data is not displaying in the live data grid (results from F9) if the data contains "zero"
characers (ACII 0). In this case, all data after the zero character will not show in the grid.
Workaround: Double click on the data cell in the data grid to view full contents of data in a popup
editor.

Code Analysis known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

Saving results to a database: When dealing with nested procedures, Code Analysis can only N/A
insert run data from procs one level deep.

Saving PL/SQL results to a database may fail or save invalid data to the database for invalid N/A

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PL/SQL objects.
Workaround: To ensure PL/SQL results are saved to the database correctly, verify the validity
of all objects before running Code Analysis.

Editor known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

Toad errors when you query on a field of Oracle collection types. 64373
Workaround: Execute using SQL*Plus.

When spooling to an unpinned output window, the window becomes unresponsive and errors 68523
are given when Toad is closed ("Canvas does not allow drawing").
Workaround: Keep the output window pinned.

If you use a non fixed-width font, the results are misaligned in the of Script Output tab in Editor 62234
after executing a SQL script.
Workaround: Go to Options | Scripts and select a fixed-width font for script output.

Session Browser known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

The Program name in the Session Browser may be blank or may be the full path to the N/A
executable instead of just the executable name. This depends on the Oracle client, not on
Toad.

In RAC databases, version 10.1.0.3 (and possibly other 10.1 versions), the query used to N/A
populate the "Current Statement" in the Session Browser fails with the following error: Runtime
error occurred: 12801 (ORA-12801: error signaled in parallel query server PZ99, instance
<instance name> ORA-01008: not all variables bound) This problem does not occur in Non-
RAC environments.
Workaround: Clear the "Use RAC Views" checkbox, and log into the appropriate instance of
the database, if necessary.

Team Coding known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

Creating a new revision or attempting to force a check-in to Visual Studio Team Services may N/A
result in a "404: Not Found" error. The current version of Team Foundation Server used by
Visual Studio Team Services compares the source being uploaded with the source already in
the repository. If the source has not changed, it may incorrectly return an error rather than
allowing the forced revision. This appears to be a Microsoft issue. As a result, these two

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commands may fail.

When using the Team Foundation Server internal client and Team Foundation Server 2012 or 114334
2013 alternate Team Project Collections, workspaces created outside of Toad are not visible
from within Toad. A workspace may be created from Toad by clicking the ‘New’ button during
the Team Foundation Server log in.
This is not an issue when using the Team Foundation Server external client.

Team Coding is disabled for mixed-case object names. N/A

With CVS, Toad may fail to retrieve the list of projects for you to select from in the CVS browser N/A
or in the Code Control Groups configuration.
Workaround: See "Missing CVS\Entries File Error" in the online help.

Team Coding and Clearcase: Dynamic Views are not supported via SCC interface. Snapshot N/A
Views must be used instead. (Rational case ID v0830629, Rational Defect # CMBU00053934)

Unicode known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

The following features in Toad do not support Unicode: N/A

l ASM Manager
l Export File Browser
l Hex Editor

In addition, Java itself does not allow Unicode class names or file names. This is relevant to
the Java Manager, Editor, and Schema Browser.

Editor options to highlight object names may not work for object names that contain Unicode N/A
characters.

Script Execution in Editor: Error offset can be incorrect when running scripts with multi-byte N/A
object names.
XML (Plain) format creates bad XML if Unicode string values and Unicode column names are N/A
exported through Export Dataset.

Import mapping for Unicode characters is incorrect if the characters are not a fixed width (such 63221
as Korean).

In Team Coding, objects with Unicode contents are supported, objects with Unicode names N/A
are not. Supported Version Control Providers do not support Unicode names.

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Known Issue Issue ID

Toolbars N/A
(Affects Windows Server 2019 only)
Toolbar button images may disappear when you mouse over them if the "High DPI scaling
override" option is set to "System (Enhanced)" in the Windows file properties dialog for
Toad.exe

Third-party known issues

Known Issue Issue ID

Help N/A
(Affects the 64-bit version of Toad only)
If IE9 is installed, clicking a link in the Help file may crash Toad 64-bit, even if IE9 is not the
default browser.
Workaround: Users who have IE9 installed can open Help from outside of Toad.

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 System requirements
This section contains the hardware, software, and privileges required to run Toad for Oracle, as well as the
database and virtual environments that Toad for Oracle supports.

Hardware requirements
Requirement Details

Processor 1 GHz processor

Memory l 1 GB RAM - Toad for Oracle 32 bit

l 2 GB RAM - Toad for Oracle 64 bit

NOTE: The memory required may vary based on the following: 

l Applications that are running on your system

l Size and complexity of the database
l Amount of database activity
l Number of concurrent users accessing the database

Hard disk space l 120 MB - Toad for Oracle 32 bit

l 150 MB - Toad for Oracle 64 bit

Operating system l Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) - 2 CPU required

l Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
l Windows 8 and 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
l Windows Server 2012 (32-bit and 64-bit) - 2 CPU required
l Windows Server 2012 R1 and R2 (64-bit) - 2 CPU required
l Windows Server 2016
l Windows Server 2019
l Windows 10

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Database requirements
Requirement Details

Database client An Oracle client must be installed and configured on the system where
you are running Toad. The following are supported:

l Oracle Client or Instant Client 10.2.0.5

l Oracle Client or Instant Client 11.2.0.1/11.2.0.3
l Oracle Client or Instant Client 12c Release 1 and 2
l Oracle Client or Instant Client 18c
l Oracle Client or Instant Client 19c

NOTE: You must use the 32-bit version of Toad with the 32-bit Oracle
client, and the 64-bit version of Toad with the 64-bit Oracle client.

Database server Oracle versions:

l 10g Release 2
l 11g Release 1 and 2
l 12c Release 1 and 2
l 18c
l 19c

IMPORTANT: It is recommended that your client version be of the same

release (or later) as your database server. This is an Oracle
recommendation to prevent performance issues.

Cloud database service Oracle Database as a Service on Amazon EC2 and Oracle Cloud

Network
l Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is being adopted by the US Federal Government and industries
around the world. In its most basic format, the new protocol uses 128-bit addresses instead of 32-bit
addresses, which are used by the current IPv4 to route packets over the Internet. Toad for Oracle
features, such as FTP, access the Internet through third-party vendors that are IPv6 compliant, such as
/nSoftware's IP*Works. For access to Web sites by way of the Toad Online window, Toad simply invokes
the user-defined or default Web browser.
l Toad for Oracle Subscription edition is bundled with an update service to periodically check for and
deliver product updates. The update service requires internet access and must be able to reach the
cloud service at https://autoupdate.toadworld.com.

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Additional requirements
Requirement Details

Additional Software l Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later (to view video from the
Jump list within Toad, and to view the product documentation in
HTML format).
l Microsoft Office 2016 and recent earlier releases are supported for
Word and Excel output.
l Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 or later (to view the product
documentation in PDF format).
l Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 to support the Toad for Oracle
Editions Installer.

Virtualization support
Type Details

Application virtualization Citrix® XenApp

Desktop virtualization (VDI) vWorkspace™ 7.0 has been tested.

Server virtualization Oracle VM 3.1 has been tested.

VMware ESX Server 3.5, 4.0, and 5.5 have been tested.

NOTE: Toad may work in virtualization environments other than the ones listed.

Windows Privileges
In order to install and run Toad, make a connection, and do basic operations, you must have the following
privileges.

Operating System Requirements

Windows 7 l Read access to the Oracle client folder

l Read/write privileges on the Oracle Home directories that you use
for your connections

Windows 8 and later l Read access to the Oracle client folder

Windows Server 2012, 2016, l Read/write privileges on the Oracle Home directories that you use
and 2019 for your connections

NOTE: Toad for Oracle Subscription edition is bundled with an update service to periodically check for and
deliver product updates. Installation requires administrator privileges on all supported operating systems.

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Operating System Requirements

NOTE: Other functionality in Toad may require additional privileges.

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 Product licensing

Legacy Toad for Oracle with offline

license keys
To activate a trial
1. Go to the trial download web page: https://www.quest.com/products/toad-for-oracle/software-
downloads.aspx, accessed through the product page.
2. Select the Toad for Oracle Edition that you want to try.
3. Log in to your account or register.
4. Accept the license terms.
5. Download the trial file.

To activate a purchased commercial license

1. Go to the Quest Support website: https://support.quest.com/
2. Type the name of the product that you want to activate in the Enter your product to find support field.
3. Select Download New Releases.
4. Download the installer file.

NOTES:

l License keys compatible with Toad for Oracle 9.7 and earlier versions are no longer supported.
l Only the newer 48-character license keys are supported.
l If you have an older license type, the Editions installer points you to the license web page where you
can update it.
l Toad supports cumulative licensing. You can add multiple licenses, including those for add-ons like
Sensitive Data Protection, to Toad. Toad will use the licenses providing the highest degree of features.

Toad for Oracle Subscription with

online licensing
Toad for Oracle Subscription requires you to sign in with your Quest.com account. Licenses are tied to your
account giving you the flexibility to use Toad from multiple computers without having to move your license.

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Sign in with existing Quest.com account
1. Enter your account email address and password when prompted
2. If you already have a Toad for Oracle Subscription license, no further action is needed
3. If you do not have a Toad for Oracle Subscription license, see Activating a new license below

Create a new Quest.com account

1. Select Sign up for a new account
2. Enter your account details and select Sign Up
3. A confirmation email is sent containing a verification code
4. Enter the code from the email and select Verify
NOTES:
l It may take a few minutes for the verification email to arrive
l Check your spam/junk folders for the email sent from [email protected] if you do
not receive it
l For additional assistance, please contact Quest support

Activating a new license

1. Toad for Oracle Subscription automatically provides a fully functioning, 30-day Trial license
2. To purchase a new license, click Buy Now from Toad's title bar
3. After completing your transaction, restart Toad and your license is automatically detected
4. To manage licenses, select Account Settings beneath your account shown at the top-right of Toad
NOTE: You can view your licenses from within Toad by selecting Help | Licensing

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 Getting started with Toad for Oracle
Toad for Oracle is distributed in the Toad for Oracle Editions at https://support.quest.com/download-
product-select.

Upgrade and installation instructions

Please refer to the Toad for Oracle Installation Guide at https://support.quest.com/technical-documents for
installation and upgrade instructions.
Upgrades for Toad for Oracle can install side-by-side with any previous versions you have installed. You can
run the new and previous versions concurrently.
The first time you run the new version of Toad, the settings files from the previous version are automatically
imported. To start with a clean set of user files, go to Utilities | Copy User Settings, then select Create a clean
set of user files from the base installation.
NOTE: Toad supports importing settings only if the new version is within two releases of the previous
version. If your versions are more than two releases apart, you need to install an intermediate version to
successfully import the files.

User instructions
To get started with using Toad for Oracle, see the Guide to Using Toad at https://support.quest.com/technical-
documents. For detailed information about any Toad window or feature, see the online help, which can be
accessed from the Help menu.

Additional resources
Additional information is available from the Toad for Oracle Community on Toad World:
https://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle

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 Globalization
Global Operation Statement
This section contains information about installing and operating this product in non-English configurations, such
as those needed by customers outside of North America. This section does not replace the materials about
supported platforms and configurations found elsewhere in the product documentation.
This release was not enabled and tested for international operation. Only U.S. English configurations of this
product and U.S. English datasets are fully supported. Support for non-ASCII characters or non-English
configurations may work appropriately, but these configurations have not been tested and this release should
be used with caution in these environments.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: Toad 13.1 is a Unicode application. As such, it
has native support for any Oracle Unicode character set, such as UTF8 or AL32UTF8. There are some features
in Toad which use or invoke Oracle Utilities or applications which are not themselves Unicode applications.
Their functionality is therefore limited to the character set of the client on which Toad is running, and NLS_LANG
must be carefully set to match the Windows character set
We have also observed issues with US7ASCII when used with non Latin characters.

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Technical support resources

Technical support is available to Quest customers with a valid maintenance contract and customers who have
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