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Toad for DB2 Tips & Tricks
1. Toad™ for IBM® DB2®
Tips & Tricks Become more productive
with Toad
2. Want to get the most from
Toad? This presentation will
get you on your way to some
of Toad’s most useful features.
Learn how to setup and
customize Toad, create and
Optimize SQL statements, view
and analyze result sets and
more.
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4. Toad for DB2 Setup & configuration
• Toad for DB2 enables you to
control the look and feel of Toad
as well as default Toad behaviors
• Choosing your preferred layout
and configuration settings.
– The first Configuration Wizard will
start up the first time you run Toad.
It will walk you through choosing
your preferred layout and
configuration settings.
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5. Toad for DB2 Configuration & Setup
You can invoke the
Configuration Wizard
from within Toad at
any time.
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7. Starting up Toad for DB2 – Configuration Wizard
• You can select which features
should open automatically when a
database connection is opened.
• You can change your connections
settings later, just use the
Tools │ Options Menu item
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8. Toad for DB2 Startup
Choosing what actions are performed at Toad startup
The highlighted section in the below figure controls what actions are
performed at Toad startup
After clicking the Options
menu item, you can
change what actions are
performed at startup
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9. Toad Startup
Controlling whether Toad can access the internet
If you need to ensure that Toad will not attempt to access the internet (for
example to check for product updates), check the checkbox highlighted below
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10. Toad Startup
Cataloging your databases
Toad installs and uses its own DB2 client environment. The databases you will be
accessing in Toad need to be cataloged within that Toad DB2 environment. When
you first attempt to create a DB2 connection and Toad realizes that you do not have
any databases cataloged, a dialog will open to help you import the database catalog
from other DB2 environments you may have installed on your system.
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11. Toad Startup
Cataloging your databases
You can always catalog your databases using the DB2 Configuration Wizard
shown below
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12. Toad Startup
Specifying options for each database connection
When you define a database
connection, you can specify that it
should connect automatically when
Toad starts up
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13. Toad Startup
Specifying options for each database connection
You can choose which
features open
automatically when a
new DB2 connection is
established
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15. The Database Explorer
The Database Explorer allows you to easily navigate through your database
objects and view important information about those objects.
It contains features that make it very powerful and it is highly customizable
In this next section you’ll learn how to:
1. Create filters
2. Use the right-click menus to see many extra actions available
3. Use the dependencies tree to see Object relationships
4. Quickly generate SQL
5. View Object details
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16. To learn all about the Toad Database Browser and the rest of Toad’s
productivity features download the entire eBook at
https://software.dell.com/whitepaper/toad-for-ibm-db2-tips-andtricks825036/#
Oh and by the way, you can also watch the on-demand webcast at
https://software.dell.com/webcast-ondemand/productivity-tips-tricks-forthe-latest-version-of-toad-for-ibm-db2823128/
and get on your way to easier workdays with Toad!
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17. To learn more about
™
Toad
for
®
IBM
®
DB2
Visit www.software.dell.com/toad-for-db2
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