Managing SAP Sybase ASE with Toad

A Guide for Oracle DBAs

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 theres so much to learn and
so little time to learn it.
Toad for Sybase can help. If you already use Toad for Oracle,
youll find that Toad for Sybase is very similar, making your new
job much easier.
If youve never used Toad, youll quickly discover why Toad is
the most popular database management tool on the market.
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For Those who already use Toad for Oracle

Feature Set

Navigation

Workflow

The workflow is object-action oriented

Help

Help is available with a simple right click or press of the F1 key.

Connected
Intelligence
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The features are similar between Toad for Oracle and Toad for
Sybase.

The navigation is the same for example, the keyboard

shortcuts and menus.

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For anyone with an Oracle background

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Toad makes it easy to set up Sybase

database connections

Toad generates scripts (a great

learning tool if you are a new to
Sybase)

Toad knows the Sybase command

syntax, so you dont have to

Utilities can be run or scheduled by

the most junior Sybase DBA

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Explain tables are transparent, so

you can tune Sybase SQL with
confidence
Sybase configuration parameters are
easily managed

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

The following create/alter/drop objects are basically the same

Device

Table

Index

View

Trigger

Stored
Procs

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Commonly used Toad features for Sybase and Oracle Contd

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 Toads 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

10Table

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-toada-guide-for-oracle-dbas827739/

and get on your way to easier workdays with Toad!

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