We don’t
get this particular question per se as often as one would expect, but we do see
enough user problems where this fundamental issue becomes the underlying
question to answer for problem resolution. Below is a chart for the release
dates for both Toad and Oracle. The “blue highlighted” dates are when Oracle
first releases a major new version, such as Oracle 10g in January of 2004. But
it’s the “red highlighted” dates that are more significant – as these are what
Oracle calls the “terminal release” for a database version,
such as 10.2.0.4. That’s the version Oracle treats as the mainstream one that
it expects its users to standardize upon – especially for support purposes. In
fact an Oracle tech support call where you’re not on the terminal release probably
has an above average likelihood of ending with the advice to upgrade to see if
that fixes it. Thus look again below, there are four key Oracle versions of
which one should be the version that your database server is on. Also note that
both Oracle 8i and 9i are essentially unsupported products at this time for
most people (unless you have a specific and special extended support agreement
with Oracle – and these are neither cheap nor common, so don’t just say yeah we
have that).
So what
version of Toad should you be using? That’s easy – one that came out around the
time (and preferably after) your database terminal release version. So that’s
why I’ve highlighted four Toad versions in red boxes below. If you’re trying to
use Toad 7.6 with and Oracle 9i, 10g or 11g database – then you’re just asking
for problems. Stay current on your maintenance and Toad upgrades are free.
Don’t live dangerously – Toad 9.6 or 9.7 should be your standard for most cases
these days. Happy Toad’ing to you all …..
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