Mike McAllister had the idea of giving Toad a presence on StackExchange.
So I investigated it, and created a proposal for a new site there for us. It is
an involved process, and not easily achieved. It’s designed that way for obvious
reasons.
The basic method is that someone asks a question, and then other uses answer
questions. Anyone can vote on the answers provided. That means that the answer
that the community thinks best answers the question is, after some time, up the
top of the page. People can have discussions on both the questions and answers
as well. Coming to the site you can search the questions to see if what
you’re about to ask has already been answered.
I wonder if Toad will simply get absorbed into Oracle? How well will it really
stand on its own?
I know, Toad isn’t just for Oracle anymore but that’s what it’s best known for.
I’ve answered a lot of Toad questions under the Oracle zones at Experts-Exchange
(similar name, but unrelated company)
“MCALLISTER, MICHAEL CTR AU Contractor AETC AETC/A3IS”
The basic method is that someone asks a question, and then other uses answer
questions. Anyone can vote on the answers provided. That means that the answer
that the community thinks best answers the question is, after some time, up the
top of the page. People can have discussions on both the questions and answers
as well. Coming to the site you can search the questions to see if what
you’re about to ask has already been answered.
I assume you mean “absorbed into Oracle discussion on some stack exchange
site”? Not “TOAD the product getting absorbed by Oracle” the company?
There is no Oracle specific area in the Stack Exchange group of sites. And
personally I find the expert sex change site very hard to navigate, and
annoying. Personal opinion of course
…and $$$. I used it when it was free and was grandfathered in once they went to pay only model. That lasted for quite some time until they axed my account. I’ve since found StackOverflow.com to be as good as I ever remember Experts-Exchange and they normally top my Google searches for programming questions.
I assume you mean “absorbed into Oracle discussion on some stack exchange
site”? Not “TOAD the product getting absorbed by Oracle” the company?
There is no Oracle specific area in the Stack Exchange group of sites. And
personally I find the expert sex change site very hard to navigate, and
annoying. Personal opinion of course
I’ve used it for almost 5 years now. I’ve never paid a dime, and not because I
hacked anything.
If you contribute it’s free and contribute means 2 or 3 questions per month. It
doesn’t take a zealot.
Personally, I’ve only ever had SO provide me a useful answer once.
I only go there now if I’m desperate because it’s been almost always a
search-fail.
I long for the days when EE sites were at the top of google.
but, I imagine everyone’s mileage varies and I’m certain it depends on the
topics.
Some topics I’m sure have better contributors than others and some days better
than others.
…and $$$. I used it when it was free and was grandfathered in once they went
to pay only model. That lasted for quite some time until they axed my account.
I’ve since found StackOverflow.com to be as good as I ever remember
Experts-Exchange and they normally top my Google searches for programming
questions.
I joined EE ~2001. For the past few years this is all that I see when I navigate
back. I get a message that my account was cancelled and here’s how to get it
back. I’d like to know how to get the free account. Any info you can send me
offline would be much appreciated.
I am trying to locate and install the DB Admin module to my toad so I can
generate a schema script. The only download I can find is for the complete DBA
Suite for Oracle. Is there a standalone add on for this?
Timothy Bryan
Sr. Software Engineer
OCS Development Team
W M Waste Management
1021 Main Street, Suite 1728 - C
Houston, TX 77002
( (713) 328-7944
The DBA module is part of toad proper (toad exe file) whereas toad DBA bundle
has standalone products bundled in such as data modeler, etc.
So all you need to do is under help – license screen make sure to put your
toad dba option key to turn on all the dba stuff – key is you must have
bought dba module and thus have a key to enable all the dba featurews
