Toad™ for SQL Server® Functional Matrix

Free Professional Xpert Development

Essential Functionality Edition Edition Edition Suite
Browse and navigate through database objects    
Create and manipulate database objects through    
graphical interfaces
Edit: snippets, predictive typing, syntax highlighting   
Unicode support    
Support for the latest database platform version: SQL    
Server 2012

Development Functionality
Advanced code completion and SQL formatting    
Manipulate and explore SQL with Script Map, that    
provides fast, structured and clear representation of
your script
Execute scripts against multiple servers and instances.   
Query Builder    
Compare code differences, database objects and files    
ER Diagram with HTML Reporting    
Integrated Debugger   
Convert embedded SQL to other programming   
languages (e.x. Delphi, C, C++, Java, Perl and VB)
Connect to, develop, and administer SQL Azure   
databases with the same Toad functionality as
provided for on-premise SQL Server

Team Collaboration
Manage project assets, share common standards and   
templates
Source Control Integration with over 10 version   
control systems
View RSS and twitter feeds, including Toad    
community postings for greater collaboration

Code Analysis and SQL Optimization

Visual SQL explain plan    
Trace user sessions and visually display SQL Trace   
output
Identify problematic SQL directly from database  
objects, files and source code
Automate SQL rewrites to locate the most-efficient  
SQL alternative (internal to Editor and full external
optimizer)
Optimize multiple SQL statements in batch, in  
context, with the source code, and provide the
optimized code

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Recommend the indexes and analyze impact on  
database environment through index simulation
Test SQL and T-SQL for scalability under simulated 
user loads to validate performance under production
conditions

Database Administration Free Professional Xpert Development

Edition Edition Edition Suite
Browse multiple managed databases, perform tasks    
and drill down to the object level
Browse, navigate and manage database-specific    
objects like tables, views and roles
Quickly close existing database objects    
Group objects across a server instance    
Conduct server-side filtering on a per-database-    
object-type basis, including named filters
Redo or undo transactions stored in log files by   
reading online transaction logs, detached transaction
log files or log file backups for reconstructing
transactions
Execute one or more scripts against one or more   
databases
Connect to, develop, and administer SQL Azure   
databases with the same Toad functionality as
provided for on-premise SQL Server

Schema, Data and Change Management

Compare data between two databases, identify   
differences and run or generate a script to
synchronize.
Compare schema between one source and many   
databases, identify differences and run or generate a
script to synchronize. Compare one source to
multiple targets in one step.
Compare server setup and configuration between two   
databases, identify differences and run or generate a
script to synchronize.
Automate (and schedule) data and schema compare   
with Toad Automation.
Import/export data utilities    
Import/export data from data grid into/from Excel and    
other files
Advanced, highly-productive data grids offering    
simple column selectivity and grouping
Display table data representing Parent-Child   
dependencies (Master Detail Browser)
Reverse engineer objects DDL, including roles and   
permissions to recreate objects in a different
DB/schema
Replay database workload to simulate production 

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load levels in a test environment prior to deployment
or implementation of database or platform changes
Simulate database workloads using out-of-the-box 
industry-standard benchmarks such as TPC-C and
TPC-E

Reporting Free Professional Xpert Development

Edition Edition Edition Suite
Generate customizable database reports such as   
schema and data reports
Automate report generation and distribution   
Generate reports on potentially problematic SQL and  
optimization results

Performance Diagnostics and Optimization

Browse sessions, trace and manage database   
processes and locks
Integration with Project Lucy which delivers daily    
performance health report
Detect and defragment inefficient indexes   
Monitor and snapshot key performance metrics  
Analyze the impact of new indexes and index changes  
on the database
Analyze SQL execution plan changes between  
different DB environments (e.x. Dev vs. Prod or SQL
Server 2005 vs. 2008)

General
Restrict access to Toad features    
Access knowledge and educational content on Toad    
World and other resources directly from the search
bar
Context-sensitive knowledge base, including best    
practices, worked examples, error messages and
much more
Distribute configurations and settings to a group of   
users
Reorganize and summarize data to create meaningful   
reports with pivot grids
Identify discrepancies between files, data and objects,   
then edit duplicate data using Difference Viewer
Use Automation to schedule a single script to run   
reports and queries, save results in Excel
spreadsheets, and distribute results to the business
community via email.
Reduce manual effort and enhance productivity by    
recording and playing back keyboard commands
using Macros

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