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Toad for SQL Server 5.7

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About Version Control

Toad integrates with your existing version control system so you can maintain multiple revisions of objects, SQL scripts, and files.

Important: See Troubleshoot Version Control for more information about issues when upgrading version control from a previous version.

Prerequisites

You must install a supported version control client on the computer where Toad is installed. The following table lists the supported version control providers and the versions tested with Toad.

Supported Provider Server Version Tested Client Version Tested

Visual SourceSafe (VSS)

VSS 6.0d

VSS 6.0d 

See Configure TFS or VSS for more information.

Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

CVS 1.11.22 on Solaris

CVSNT 2.5.03 on Windows

CVSNT 2.5.03

See Configure CVS for more information.

Subversion

 

Subversion 1.5.6 on Windows

Note: Toad only supports Subversion 1.5.6 or later.

CollabNet Subversion Command-Line Client 1.5.6

Notes: 

  • Toad only supports Subversion 1.5.6 or later.
  • Any Subversion client must have svn.exe in its installation directory to use version control in Toad.
  • Tortoise SVN is no longer supported in Toad because it no longer includes svn.exe in its installation directory.

See Configure Subversion for more information.

Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS 2005, 2008, 2010

Visual Studio (2005, 2008, 2010) Team Explorer Client

See Configure TFS or VSS for more information.

Note: Toad connects to your version control system based on login information included in the configuration. Your version control client does not need to run for Toad to connect.