Dell Toad Data Modeler 5.

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FREEWARE
Release Notes
April 11, 2016
These release notes provide information about the Dell Toad Data Modeler release.
About Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE
New features
Enhancements
Resolved issues
Known issues
System requirements
Supported database platforms
Product licensing
Getting started with Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE
Globalization
About Dell

About Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE

Toad Data Modeler helps organizations create, maintain and document their database systems with an
easy-to-use graphical interface into new or existing database structures. Toad Data Modeler enables users
to reverse engineer database structures, update models, design and generate SQL, compare models and
generate alter scripts, create HTML or RTF reports, in addition to versioning of database designs and
creation of to-do lists.
Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE is a minor release, with enhanced features and functionality. See New
features and Enhancements.

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New features
New features in Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE:

Database specific features

Oracle patch 12.1.0.2
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Materialized Zonemap supported.

Clustering table supported.

INMEMORY and [NO] ROW LEVEL LOCKING options now supported for Tables and Materialized Views.

JSON fuctions are now supported in Views.

Read permission supported for Tables, Views and Materialized Views.

Oracle Change Script improvement

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Oracle Change Script generation has been rewritten - speed improvement.

Oracle CREATE USER support

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CREATE USER statements are now supported for all Oracle models.

These statements have to be defined in User Properties new tab SQL.

User permissions are loaded into Users After Script when Oracle databases are Reverse
Engineered.

SQL Server 2005 and newer - CREATE USER support and CREATE SCHEMA support
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CREATE USER statements have to be defined in User Properties new tab SQL.
User permissions are loaded into Users After Script when SQL Server databases are Reverse
Engineered.
New property for Schemas - Authorization (Owner Name) (Schema Properties)

Support for DB2 z/OS 11

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New option - Include/Exclude Null Keys in Index Properties | Index Properties Tab. Several index
properties from previous version now also have their own options in the same tab. That means you
can enable/disable them there instead of declaring the properties manually (e.g. CLUSTER,
PADDED, COMPRESS...)
New Type available for Dictionary Types - Array Type.

DB2 64-bit client support

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You can now use 64-bit DB2 client to connect to your DB2 databases.

Support for PostgreSQL 9.4

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New parameters:
USER_CATALOG_TABLE for Table Storage Parameters
WITH (CASCADED/LOCAL) CHECK OPTION for Views

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SSPACE, FINALFUNC_EXTRA, INITCOND, MSFUNC, MINVFUNC, MSTYPE, MSSAPCE, MFINALFUNC,

MFINALFUNC_EXTRA, MINITCOND, HYPOTHETICAL for Aggregates
Support for PostgreSQL 9.3
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New Materialized Views

New parameters:
RECURSIVE parameter for Views
IF NOT EXISTS parameter for Schemas and Tables
IF EXISTS parameter for drop statements
COLLATE, CONSTRAINT parameters for Foreign Tables
MULTIXACT FREEZE MIN/MAX/TABLE AGE for Autovacuum and TOAST AutovacuumTable
Storage Parameters

Support for MySQL 5.6

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Implemented several Data Types with a fsp (fractional seconds precision) parameter TIME,TIMESTAMP, DATETIME
New parameters:
ALGORITHM_OPTION (DEFAULT, INPLACE, COPY), LOCK_OPTION (DEFAULT, NONE, SHARED, EXCLUSIVE)
for Indexes
STATS_AUTO_RECALC, STATS_PERSISTENT, STATS_SIMPLE_PAGES for Tables

Support for SAP ASE 16.0

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New OR REPLACE statement

New parameters:
ORDER for Entity Triggers
ERASE RESIDUAL DATA, INDEX COMPRESSION for Tables
STATISTICS HASH OPTIONS, STATISTICS MAX RESOURCE GRANULARITY, STATISTICS HISTOGRAM
TUNING FACTOR, STATISTICS PRINT PROGRESS, WITH INDEX COMPRESSION for Indexes
WITH RECOMPILE, EXECUTE AS for Procedures

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UI features
New Docking places for Toolbars
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Toolbars can now be docked on the edges of Application Window (top, bottom, left, right)

New Alignment Toolbar

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Alignment Toolbar now replaces Align Palette and contains several new options:
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Space Anchors - Offsets anchor points of an object by a set distance.

Line Styles - New line styles (Z, L, horizontal, vertical)

Others - Align Self Relationship - Resets self relationship line to its default position.

Others - Insert Break Point - After activating creates a break point on a line on selected spot
(hold CTRL to create two break points).

The toolbar is by default docked on the left

side of Application Window. Also, Align
button on Colors and Alignment Toolbar now displays/hides this toolbar.

Line Autolayout System

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A new system which allows

you to automatically reorganize lines
on Workspace to achieve
the most optimal look of your diagram. This function can be found on Layout
Toolbar.

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Optimal Style on Move

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A new option added to Layout

Toolbar - Optimal Style on Move. As you move the object
shapes on Workspave, all lines will automatically change their style to the most
optimal
one. This function can change the number
of break points on lines.

Options tree nodes

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Nodes added to Options

tree. Sections can now be collapsed and expanded.

General features
New Enabled/Disabled Databases system
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During installation of Toad Data Modeler all databases are now installed. In previous
versions users could choose which databases
should be installed in order
to save space.
The new system allows
users to enable/disable databases they use/don't use. By disabling
not used databases, users can increase the application performance.
This feature can be
configured in Settings Menu | Add/Remove Databases.

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New Simple Change Script feature

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By using this tool users are able to generate Alter Script for one Entity only (useful when making
minor changes in large model). Accessible by right-clicking an Entity and choosing Change Script |
Run. Simple Change Script can be also saved as an Action Definition (allows users to save the
configuration and load it in the future).

Copy as Image
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Users can now create an image of a part of a Model quickly in two ways:
1. Select objects that should be included in the image and press CTRL+C. Two records will be stored
in clipboard: image of the selection (can be pasted to graphic editor) and xml code of the objects
(can be pasted to word processor or to another part of application)
2. Go to menu Edit | Capture Image into Clipboard and select the area which should be copied as
image. Then paste the image to a graphic editor of your choice.

Reports Action Definition

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Reports can be now saved as

and load it in the future).

an Action Definition (allows

users to save the configuration

DDL Script Action Definition

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DDL Script Generation can be now saved as

the configuration and load it
in the future).

an Action Definition (allows

users to save

Verification Log saving messages

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Verification Log messages

can be now saved to a CSV file.

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Before DDL script verification

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Models are now automatically verified before generating DDL script.

To set up the level of alerts thrown, go to Settings | Options | Model | Physical

Model | SQL Geneartion Script
tab and set the alert level in the Verification section as
desired.

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Enhancements
The following is a list of enhancements implemented in Toad Data Modeler 5.4.

Table 1: Database specific enhancements

Enhancement

Issue ID

New option added to Reverse Engineering Wizard Options for Oracle databases - Load
Wrapped Source Code of Wrapped Objects .

807

OIDS Statement is no longer generated in PostgreSQL DDL Script .

834

Generate IF EXISTS in DROP statements option added to PostgreSQL 8.2 and newer (located
in Detail Settings tab of DDL Script Generation ).

373

Database-specific objects can be now drag&dropped from Gallery to a Model into Model
Explorer. This also applies to groups of objects which contain at least one database-specific
object.

959

Table 2: UI enhancements
Enhancement

Issue ID

Width of dropdown menus is now adjusted to the width of the longest item.

744

A new dialog informs users that they need to restart the application after making changes in
Default Values.

475

When dragging an unselected line, only the selected section of the line now moves as opposed
to the entire line moving in previous versions.

907

Join Line now has a set time interval for automatic join. When moving a part of a line and it
"snaps" to another part of a line, Toad Data Modeler waits for the set interval of time before
automatically joining the two parts of a line without the user needing to release mouse button.

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Help Search Toolbar is now resizable and search results have a fixed minimum width.

1008

New visual indicator added to entities - it is displayed when some of the attributes are not
shown due to the entity being too small in size.

806

Search Inbox added to Options, allowing you to quickly search through all settings.

798

Quit Fullscreen Mode shortcut implemented ( ESC key).

830

Grid Size and Minimal Size in Grid Properties can be now overwritten.

855

A new function button added to Display Toolbar - Display Dictionary Types and Domains as
Data types. This is only applied in Entities on Workspace.

Three checkboxes in DDL Script Generation | Referential Integrity tab were replaced by five
radio buttons to clarify the options users can choose.

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Table 3: General enhancements

Enhancement

Issue ID

Save shortcut implemented in Script Editor (CTRL+S).

854

Toad Data Modeler now detects Windows regional settings and sets measurement units
accordingly (e.g. inches when US is detected).

736

Added an option (dialog box) toInfer Relationships in case a model had been reverse
engineered and no relations were found.

435

Show Non-printable Characters in SQL Editor option added (Options | Model | Physical
Model | General ).

972

Large diagram images are now composed of several smaller images. This allows users to
generate images of very large models without encountering errors.

597

New Application Variables in Relationship Properties - ChildTableCaption ,

ParentTableCaption.

417

Referential Integrity section in General tab of Relationship Properties now only contains
options that are supported by your model database platform.
Note that if there was any model with set options for referential integrity that are not directly
supported by a particular database platform, they are changed automatically to a default
referential integrity type of the particular database platform.

451

Resolved issues
The following is a list of issues addressed in this release.
Table 4: Database specific Issues
Resolved Issue

Issue ID

SQL Server - Cannot set Row GUID Column flag with a domain ofUniquiIdentifier type. Fixed.

910

Access Violation error when generating an Oracle table with ORGANIZATION INDEX. Fixed.

1004

Application does not generate Schema prefixes when creating PostgreSQL index comments.
Fixed.

1034

When the SET GLOBAL sql_mode = 'ANSI_QUOTES' setting was used on MySQL server, the
application was unable to reverse engineer relationships. Fixed.

1080

Table 5: General issues

Resolved Issue

Issue ID

Generation of HTML reports of large diagrams might fail during generation of an image of the ER 597
Diagram. Fixed.
Changing Primary Foreign Key to Foreign Key in child entity would not change the relationship
type to non-identyfing. Fixed.

899

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Known issues
The following is a list of issues, including those attributed to third-party products, known to exist at the
time of release.
General issues
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Comparison of large models might consume too much memory.

System requirements
Before installing Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE, ensure that your system meets the following minimum
hardware and software requirements.

Hardware requirements
Requirement

Details

Processor

Pentium IV

Memory

Minimum 512 MB, 4 GB recommended

Hard disk space

Minimum 200 MB, 400 MB recommended

Software requirements
Requirement

Details

Operating system

Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft

Windows 8.1 PRO (64-bit)

Windows 8 PRO (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows Server 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit, Service Pack 2)

NOTE: Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 is required on first application start.

Virtual appliances
Review the following information about using Toad Data Modeler in virtual environments:

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Requirement

Details

Application

Toad Data Modeler has been tested for Citrix support on the Citric
XenApps 6.5 Server.

Desktop (VDI)

Problem during print on virtual printer - The problem occurs only in

case of print from local machine (all printers from local machine are
visible on vWorkspace). If the virtual printer is installed on
vWorkspace directly, the problem doesn't occur.

Server

Oracle VM 3.0
Toad Data Modeler has been tested with VMware Server 2 running
on Windows 7.

Toad Data Modeler may work correctly in virtual environments other than the tested ones. In case of
virtual servers, support for Toad Data Modeler is provided on the basis of supported operating systems.

Upgrade and compatibility

Toad Data Modeler 5.4 allows you to open DM2 files and DMX files of Toad Data Modeler 2.x (DMX file is a
DM2 file in XML format.) and all file types of Toad Data Modeler 3.x, 4.x, 5.x. This applies only to models of
database systems supported by all the Toad Data Modeler application versions.
It is not possible to open models created in Toad Data Modeler 5.4 in lower version of Toad Data Modeler .
Version 5.2 introduced new system of relationship lines. Models created in version 5.1 and lower are
automatically converted to the newer format. Backup your models prior to opening them in version
5.2 or higher.
Do not open and re-save models originally created in a higher version of Toad Data Modeler in lower
version of Toad Data Modeler .

Supported database platforms

Supported model types
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Logical

Universal

Physical

Supported databases
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DB2 z/OS v. 11

DB2 z/OS v. 10

DB2 z/OS v. 9

DB2 v. 10.5 (LUW)

DB2 v. 10.1 (LUW)

DB2 v. 9.7 (LUW)

DB2 v. 9.5 (LUW)

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DB2 v. 9 (LUW)

DB2 UDB v. 8 (LUW)

Greenplum 4.2

Greenplum 4.1

Ingres 10.0

Ingres 9.3

Microsoft Access 2007-2010

Microsoft Access 2000-2003

Microsoft SQL Azure

Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Microsoft SQL Server 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

MySQL 5.6

MySQL 5.5

MySQL 5.1

MySQL 5.0

Oracle 12c

Oracle 11g R2

Oracle 11g R1

Oracle 10g

Oracle 9i

PostgreSQL 9.4

PostgreSQL 9.3

PostgreSQL 9.2

PostgreSQL 9.1

PostgreSQL 9.0

PostgreSQL 8.4

PostgreSQL 8.3

PostgreSQL 8.2

PostgreSQL 8.1

SQLite 3.7

SAP ASE 16.0

Sybase ASE 15.7

Sybase ASE 15.5

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Sybase ASE 15

Sybase ASE 12.5

Sybase IQ 15.2

Sybase SQL Anywhere 11

Teradata 13

Other databases (Universal Model)

NOTE: For more information about the level of support please see Help file, section Introduction |
Supported Databases.

Product licensing
1. This product does not require licensing.
IMPORTANT: Toad Data Modeler 5.4 FREEWARE:
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expires on June 1, 2017 or 360 days after first run.

has some functionality restrictions. The list of functionality restrictions is available in
Installation Guide that is included in the installation package.

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Getting started with Toad Data Modeler

5.4 FREEWARE
Upgrade and installation instructions
The Toad Data Modeler release package contains the following products:
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Installation file of Toad Data Modeler 5.4 (MSI)

Product Documentation, including:

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Release Notes (PDF)

Installation Guide (PDF)

Installation Instructions
Refer to Toad Data Modeler Installation Guide for installation instructions.

Additional resources
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community where additional information can be obtained. Otherwise, delete this section.
Additional information is available from the following:
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Online product documentation

Toad World community

Globalization
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, Central and Eastern Europe, Far-East Asia, Japan.
The release is localized to the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech,
Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish.
This release has the following known capabilities or limitations: Localized support for HTML and RTF/PDF
reports in several languages will be distributed via TDM Community.
Available dictionaries: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Hebrew, Hindi, Punjabi, Russian,
Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian

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Contacting Dell
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Email:
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Technical support resources

This version of Toad Data Modeler does not qualify for product support by Dell support engineers.
You can visit the product community, or consult the product documentation. See Additional Resources for
more information.

Additional resources
Join our Toad World community and take part in improving Toad for Apache Hadoop, or just ask and seek for
information.
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