Toad^® for MySQL

Beta Version 4.0.0.537

Beta Release Notes

May 5, 2008

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Welcome to Toad for MySQL

Toad for MySQL is a database development and administration solution that provides productivity features for rapidly creating and executing queries, automating database object management, developing SQL code, and instant access to MySQL expertise.

Developers and administrators have access to a community of users, peers, and experts to help solve development and administration issues and assist in developing applications and feedback for improving Quests products.

All of this comes with the backing of Quest Software, a healthy and growing corporate entity that can provide the necessary training, support, and superior customer service demanded by IT management.
 

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New v4.0 Functionality

• Procedure and function debugger
  • We are proud to announce the availability of a state of the art debugger for MySQL with this release of Toad for MySQL. As you can expect with the Toad debuggers it has a list of advanced features including:
    • Watches. Including automatic local watch window, calculated expression watches, hover watches (Just place the cursor over a variable and a tooltip shows it's value).
    • Ability to inspect local variables in each context of your call stack.
    • Allows debugging of stored procedures directly from create script files with more than one procedure or function in the file.
    • Breakpoints. Including conditional breakpoints based on watch values and or with counters.
    • Does not require you to recompile your procedures or functions with instrumentation to enable debugging.
    • Callstack window.
    • Indication of breakable lines.

• To debug a procedure or function simply right click and choose debug from the object palette or from the debugger toolbar in the editor.

• Improved Toad Insight
• The toad insight feature has been given a large overhaul and has been improved. This will be an ongoing task for 4.0, but it should already be a big improvement on the previous versions of Toad for MySQL. For instance see the full join based on foreign keys of the first table in the example below.

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Resolved Issues and Enhancements

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Known Beta Issues

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Third Party Known Issues

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System Requirements

Client Requirements

Before installing Toad for MySQL, ensure your client system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Server Requirements

User Privilege Requirements

The following user privileges are required for installing and running Toad for MySQL:

• Only Power users and Administrators can install Toad.
• If a Power user installs Toad, a Restricted user can run the application but cannot
  see the Toad shortcut icon on the desktop or the Toad menu option in the Windows Start menu. As a workaround, Restricted users can create a shortcut to the application and place it on their desktop from the install directory.
• If an Administrator installs Toad, the Administrator can share the Toad shortcut icon on the desktop and the Toad menu option in the Windows Start menu with any user on the computer.
• In order to run Toad, the .NET security policy must be set to Unrestricted. To modify the security policy:

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings | Control Panel.

2. Double-click Administrative Tools.
3. Double-click Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration.
4. Click + to expand My Computer, and then select the Runtime Security Policy node. A list of tasks for the node display in the right panel.
5. Click Evaluate Assembly from the list of tasks in the right panel. An Evaluate an Assembly window displays.
6. Browse to the location of Toad.exe in the File field.
7. Click Next to view permissions for Toad.exe.
8. Set the permission to Unrestricted.

• In order to set or modify Toad Security settings, users must have privileges to create the QuestSoftware.ToadSecurity table if it does not exist. If the table does exist, users must have privileges to insert, update, and delete the QuestSoftware.ToadSecurity table.
   

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Global Operations

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 is Unicode-enabled and supports any character set. In this release,
all product components should be configured to use the same or compatible character
encodings and should be installed to use the same locale and regional options. This
release is targeted to support operations in the following regions: North America,
Western Europe and Latin America, Far-East Asia, Japan.

The following limitation has been identified:

• The Knowledge Xpert feature is available with English language content only. 

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Beta Group

You can join the Toad for MySQL beta discussion group by sending an email to:  toad_mysql_beta@yahoogroups.com

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