Currently the Describe window can be opened if I hit F4 after I select some identifier in the editor. If the object is not found Toad displays: Object *** not found. This is all fine, but is there a shortcut to open the Describe window without actually trying to describe a valid database object? The reason for this is that I saved a lot of lists in the describe area (I grouped objects by business area), and often what I want to do is view the objects saved in one or two specific lists. It would be nice if I could open a list directly…
Currently the Describe window can be opened if I hit F4 after I select some identifier in the editor. If the object is not found Toad displays: Object *** not found. This is all fine, but is there a shortcut to open the Describe window without actually trying
to describe a valid database object? The reason for this is that I saved a lot of lists in the describe area (I grouped objects by business area), and often what I want to do is view the objects saved in one or two specific lists. It would be nice if I could
open a list directly…
damir: I don’t want to type anything. I only want to make the Describe Objects window visible by hitting a shortcut. I know there are ways of bringing that window up: like you mentioned is one way, another way would be to select an object in the Object browser and hit F4, typing a valid object identifier and then hitting F4. Again, after I log in, Toad opens the editor window by default. I want a shortcut that I can hit without typing anything to open the Describe Objects window so I can open one of my lists. I guess I could add an object with an one letter name, type that letter, select it and hit F4.
costab: Sorry after two reading still didn't get your need. Now I see
I want a shortcut that I can hit without typing anything to open the Describe Objects window so I can open one of my lists.
I'm still not following you ... sorry...
I am lazy I just want to press a shortcut to bring the describe objects window.
The Describe Objects dialog allows you to save all the objects currently stored in the Describe Objects dialog in lists that you can open later.
I have created these lists of objects that are related to business areas. Today, I am focusing my work on a specific business area. After I opened Toad, the next thing I wanted to do was to open all the db objects that apply to this business area, in other words I wanted to open the Describe Objects window and then the list specific for this business area.
The more I think of it, it would be nice if toad allows you to have a “business area” object browser of the database objects, where you view objects that are pertinent to a specific business area.
I know I can sort of do this using the DataModeler and create database E/R diagrams that contain specific tables. That’s one way to do it (you might not be able to add procedures or packages to a diagram though). Another way was via the describe objects dialog.
The more I think of it, it would be nice if toad allows you to have a "business area" object browser of the database objects, where you view objects that are pertinent to a specific business area.
The more I think of it, it would be nice if toad allows you to have a "business area" object browser of the database objects, where you view objects the pertinent to a specific business area.
The more I think of it, it would be nice if toad allows you to have a "business area" object browser of the database objects, where you view objects that are pertinent to a specific business
area.
Costab: In the next beta, the “Quick Describe” dialog (default shortcut is CTRL+D), will now have an “open file” toolbar button that will take you straight to your saved lists of objects to describe.
I just want to press a shortcut to bring the describe objects window.