SETUP toad for oracle

1) download Oracle instant client to your machine you have toad on

• STEP 1.1: INTALL Oracle Instant Client go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/instant-client/index-097480.html and follow instructions and install it for the correct version of Oracle --> you should install for Oracle 11.2 FOR 62bit if you installed the 64 bit TOAD
  
  
  
  
  

• STEP 1.2: make sure you know where you downloaded the code say (C:/oracle/instaclient_11_2)

• STEP 1.3: Setup your computer's environment variable so both ORACLE_HOME points to the location in 1.2 and PATH variable includes this path

  • Windows: you go to right click on Machine and select Properties, Go to "Advanced Properties" and then select environment variables

    

    Now edit your PATH variable to add the path to the instaclient directory you downloaded AND create new ORACLE_HOME directory if one did not exist

    

     

  • MAC: How to setup environment variables for TOAD in Mac OS search on TOAD website for latestOR see http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-mac-edition/b/weblog/archive/2013/11/01/connecting-to-oracle-with-toad-mac-edition-updated-for-os-x-10-9-mavericks

2) setup connnection

HERE you see where I have specified the CLIENT

To create a new table

1) Database->Create->Table

2) Fill out the Name of table and add columns

here you see the results... How to bring up Table and add entries

1) Database->Schema

2) enter in data

3)Make sure your data is committed or won't actually be saved

How to execute SQL queries inside TOAD (useful to test what your code might see as a result of a query)

1) type in SQL query in query window
2) hit Run button
3) View results

FOR MAC: the GUI will be similar but, different go to TOAD website for details on how to use...here are some tips in an image