Doesnt match up to Windows version
Overall, this does seem to get the job done most of the time. The layout is decent (and certainly much prettier than the Windows counterpart), and the editors work as expected. Unfortunately, I have more complaints than anything else:
- I manage a lot of different connections, and having to go into Manage Connections > Gear > Connect seems awfully verbose to just connect to a saved connection.
- You can connect to multiple databases at once, but I would not recommend doing so. The layout of the software makes it incredibly unclear as to which connection you are currently working with.
- It is unclear when exactly changes made in this editor are committed to the database. You can disable autocommit on a connection-by-connection basis, but even if you do that there is no "Commit" button like in Windows. Rather, it seems to commit whatever changes you made as soon as you close the editor/browser tab. That would be fine, except there is no obvious way to revert unwanted changes, so be very careful what you click!
- If I forget to shut down the application before putting the computer to sleep, the disconnection from WiFi usually causes the application to stop responding, and I have to Force Quit the application and restart it. Fortunately, Toad does do a good job of recovering whatever I was working on last.
- The search filter above the connection browser does not seem to do anything whatsoever, and scrolling through hundreds of databases is a real bummer (adding databases to Preferred Schemas does help with this somewhat).
Overall this application is SO CLOSE to being awesome. The connection browser is much better overall when compared to the Windows version (in my opinion). Having actual text for the categories like Sequences, Triggers, etc. is so much better than guessing at tiny symbols. I think a few small tweaks could go a long way for this application.
One last note - our database admins have developer tools disabled for production databases, preventing Toad from accessing them on Windows. However, this setting does not seem to affect the Mac version for some reason.
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