TOAD is taking a long time to load a large number of objects. What can I do about it?
Use filters on the left hand side to limit the number of objects to be loaded into the list. You can get TOAD to prompt you for a filter before it even loads the list, if you check Options→Schema Browser→Data→Automatically show filter dialog for filtered lists on browser. If you have not already done so, upgrade to TOAD 7.6. The control used for most of the left hand side lists in TOAD 7.6 loads a lot faster than the one used in TOAD 7.5 and earlier.