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Learning TOAD - commerical version - quest 6 - can you run TOAD as command line in .bat file?

Asked by: mytfein

Hi EE,

Oracle Discoverer allows me to execute a query with a parm asking it to send results to excel
like this:

I put this command in a .bat file.

Can TOAD execute a query similarly in command line with a parm to export to excel?

pls advise, tx, sandra

C:\oracle\BIToolsHome_1\bin\dis51usr.exe
                 /connect testUser/testUser123@odstest
                  /opendb "testUser.QueryName" 
                 /sheet ALL
                 /export XLS "C:\ARG_AutoDiscoverer_front\test.xls" /batch

                                  
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Answers

 

by: mrjoltcolaPosted on 2009-10-22 at 09:15:01ID: 25635885

Yes. With Toad commercial

Go to Utilities -> AppDesigner
Create an Import/Export app, name it.
Change it to "Export Dataset"
Right click -> Properties -> Set Export Format to Excel
                    Set the Filename
Click Dataset tab -> Set the query

Then to run it from Toad command line

toad.exe -a "MyApp"


Something to that effect.

 

by: mrjoltcolaPosted on 2009-10-22 at 09:16:15ID: 25635898

The point is you design the Toad app / query inside Toad, save it, and then you can execute it from the command line with -a

 

by: mytfeinPosted on 2009-10-22 at 09:23:28ID: 25635986

hi mrjoltcola,

tx for writing,

overall idea i understand....

my quest is what do you mean when you say command line.

Does TOAD have a screen that it call command line?
If so, can i trouble you to upload a screen shot?

(When i say command line, i think of running from a DOS window. One can place the DOS command
in a .bat file, and then run it through Windows Control panel/Task Scheduler.)

pls advise, tx, s

 

by: mytfeinPosted on 2009-10-22 at 09:27:02ID: 25636025

hi mrjoltcola,

on a slight tangent, pls...

what i like about TOAD is when i downloaded TOAD it asked me if i want to have only
read-only capability when viewing the data grid.

does pl developer also allow only read only capability?

you see, my users do ad hoc reporting on their own using Discoverer which is read only ability.
if i was to recommend another tool, would want to be assured that alternatives also only
give user read only ability.

tx, s

 

by: mrjoltcolaPosted on 2009-10-22 at 09:39:11ID: 25636146

>>my quest is what do you mean when you say command line.

I mean running a command from the DOS  or UNIX prompt. Literally, the OS command line, not the Toad GUI.

Any query tool should work with a readonly account. You should not depend on the ad-hoc query tool for enforcing read-only, you should do that from the Oracle DBA side. Create a query only account with SELECT privileges on the schema.

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