Today, many Oracle® DBAs are being asked to begin managing Sybase® ASE in addition to their other databases. This can be a daunting new responsibility, since there’s so much to learn and so little time to learn it. Toad™ for Sybase® can help. If you already use Toad™ for Oracle®, you’ll find that Toad for Sybase is very similar, making your new job much easier. And if you have never used Toad, you’ll discover why Toad is the most popular database management tool on the market and quickly become an effective Sybase administrator.

1. Managing SAP® Sybase ASE with Toad™
A Guide for Oracle® DBAs

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Today many Oracle DBAs are being asked to begin managing
other databases such as SAP Sybase ASE. This can be a
daunting new responsibility, since there’s so much to learn and
so little time to learn it.
Toad for Sybase can help. If you already use Toad for Oracle,
you’ll find that Toad for Sybase is very similar, making your new
job much easier.
If you’ve never used Toad, you’ll quickly discover why Toad is
the most popular database management tool on the market.

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Reduce your
learning
curve with
Toad

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For Those who already use Toad for Oracle
1 Feature Set
Navigation
Workflow
Help
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3
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5 Connected
Intelligence
• The features are similar between Toad for Oracle and Toad for
Sybase.
• The navigation is the same for example, the keyboard
shortcuts and menus.
• The workflow is object-action oriented
• Help is available with a simple right click or press of the F1 key.

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For anyone with an Oracle background
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Toad makes it easy to set up Sybase
database connections
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Toad generates scripts (a great
learning tool if you are a new to
Sybase)
3
Toad knows the Sybase command
syntax, so you don’t have to
4
Utilities can be run or scheduled by
the most junior Sybase DBA
5
Explain tables are transparent, so
you can tune Sybase SQL with
confidence
6
Sybase configuration parameters are
easily managed
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All current Sybase database
connections and their key metrics
can be accessed quickly

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Toad for
Sybase helps
Oracle
professionals
quickly
become
productive
Sybase DBAs
• How to connect to Sybase databases
from a workstation
• How to write scripts to run tasks
against a Sybase database
• Sybase commands and SQL syntax for
scripting
• Sybase utility nuances, and how to use
various options that are available
• Methods of studying explain plans for
Sybase SQL statements
• How and when to change Sybase
configuration parameters
• Ways to see current connections to a
Sybase database and take action if
problems is found

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Commonly used Toad features for Sybase and Oracle
Administration of the database
Device Table Index View Trigger
The following create/alter/drop objects are basically the same
Stored
Procs

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Commonly used Toad features for Sybase and Oracle Cont’d
• Each Sybase database (a server can have many) its own segments and log
files.
• In both Toad solutions, you can view and kill applications and sessions
(provided you have the proper permissions).
• In both Toad solutions, you can grant and revoke database privileges.
• You will see Sybase devices in Toad Administration, Toad Space
Management and Spotlight

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Commonly used Toad features for Sybase and Oracle
SQL Tuning
Dell SQL Optimizer for Sybase functions like SQL Optimizer for Oracle
 Interface is a bit different, but the same functions are performed
 It is launched from Toad for Sybase with or without a SQL statement in context to
tune
 SQL statements can be rewritten automatically
 Scenarios can be executed side-by-side to find the fastest alternative
 Index recommendations can be provided by Toad’s artificial intelligence engine
 Index impact on SQL workloads is provided in statement cost-comparison graphs
 Valid DDL is generated, displayed and saved and it can be executed to create a
new index

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A comparison of SAP Sybase and Oracle terms
Oracle Sybase
Database Database Server
Schema Database object owned be the same user
Tablespace Aspects of an ASE database, database device or a
segment (a tablespace in Oracle is more like a device in
Sybase ASE)
Segment Any database object that has space allocated (such as a
table, index or materialized view)
Undo/rollback tablespace Transaction log
Online Redo Logs Transaction log
User User. However, note that in Oracle, a user is a thing. In
Sybase, a user is an OS thing that becomes a Sybase
user once grants are executed for it; a Sybase user must
first exist as an OS user
Role Role
Table Table

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To see more key terms and a visual tour of Toad for Sybase and much
more, download the entire tech brief at
https://software.dell.com/techbrief/managing-sap-sybase-ase-with-toad-
a-guide-for-oracle-dbas827739/
and get on your way to easier workdays with Toad!

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