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Introduction to Oracle SQL and PL/SQL

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Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This course is designed to give users an understanding of Oracle SQL and Oracle PL/SQL languages using Oracle’s SQL*Plus and iSQL*Plus tools. The course covers SQL commands for DML, DDL, Query, and Transaction Control operations. Students are also introduced to procedural programming using PL/SQL. The course topics are applicable to all versions of Oracle through Oracle 10g.

Who Should Attend:

Application designers and developers, database administrators and operators, and end users should attend this course.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Explain the difference between SQL, PL/SQL and SQL*PLUS.
Write basic SQL queries to retrieve desired data.
Use DML statements (insert, update, and delete).
Use DDL statements (create, alter, and drop).
Use transaction control statements to commit, rollback, and create savepoints.
Write advanced queries.
Write scripts to do queries and display SQL*PLUS reports.
Control access to your database objects.
Write a PL/SQL block using all elements of block structure.
Write PL/SQL statements using lexical units, declared variables, and assignment statements.
Use control structures to loop, branch, and jump.
Use PL/SQL named exceptions and user-defined exceptions.
Use explicit cursors.

Prerequisites:

There are not prerequisites for this course.

Course Outline:

Chapter 1: Database Design
1. Database Models
2. Beginnings
3. Some Introductory Terminology
4. Codd's 12 Rules
5. Normalization
6. First Normal Form
7. Higher Order Normal Forms
Chapter 2: Oracle Standard Interfaces
1. SQL
2. SQL*Plus
3. Oracle Architecture
4. Interfaces to Oracle
5. Command Line Interface
6. Viewing a Sample Table
7. The Graphical User Interface
8. The SQL Buffer
9. The Web-Based Interface
10. Describe
Chapter 3: The Sample Database
1. The Entity Relationship Model
2. Entity Relationship Diagrams
3. The Sample Database
4. ER Diagram for Sample Database
5. Creating the Sample Data
6. Viewing Sample Data
7. Data Types of the Sample Data
Chapter 4: Data Definition Language
1. Categories of SQL Statements
2. Oracle Datatypes
3. The CREATE Statement
4. The DROP Command
5. The ALTER Command
6. Integrity Constraints
7. Entity Integrity Constraints
8. Referential Integrity Constraints
9. Modifying Table to Use Constraints
10. Checking Constraints
11. The Data Dictionary
Chapter 5: Data Manipulation Language
1. DML Statements
2. The SELECT Statement
3. The INSERT Statement
4. The DELETE Statement
5. The UPDATE Statement
6. More SQL*Plus Commands
Chapter 6: Transaction Control
1. Transactions
2. Command Classification
3. Savepoints
4. The SET TRANSACTION Command
Chapter 7: SQL Operators
1. Simple Selects
2. Comparison Operators
3. IN and NOT IN Operators
4. BETWEEN Operator
5. The LIKE Operator
6. Logical Operators
7. IS NULL and IS NOT NULL
8. ANY
9. ALL
Chapter 8: SQL FUNCTIONS
1. Introduction
2. The DISTINCT Keyword
3. Aliases
4. Miscellaneous Functions
5. Mathematical Functions
6. String Functions
7. Date Functions
8. Conversion Functions
9. Pseudo Columns
Chapter 9: Joining Tables
1. Joins
2. Cartesian Product
3. Inner Joins
4. Equi-Join
5. Table Aliases
6. Non-Equi Join
7. Non-Key Join
8. Reflexive Join
9. Natural Join
10. Outer Joins
11. Right Outer Join
12. Left Outer Join
13. Full Outer Join
14. Oracle-Specific Syntax for Outer Joins
Chapter 10: Set Operators
1. Introduction
2. Selection Criteria
3. Union
4. Union All
5. Intersect
6. Minus
Chapter 11: SQL Subqueries
1. Introduction
2. Using a Subquery with a DML Statement
3. Typical Subqueries
4. Subquery Operators
5. Standard vs. Correlated Subqueries
6. Correlated Subquery Example
7. Predicate Operators
Chapter 12: Groups
1. SQL Statements
2. GROUP BY Clause
3. HAVING Clause
4. Order of a SELECT Statement
Chapter 13: More Database Objects
1. More Database Objects
2. Relational Views
3. Updating a View
4. Create or Replace
5. Forcing a View
6. The Data Dictionary Revisited
7. Indexes
8. Synonyms
Chapter 14: Reports
1. Report Features
2. Session Control
3. The SET Command
4. The COLUMN Command
5. The BREAK Command
6. The COMPUTE Command
Chapter 15: Introduction
1. SQL vs. PL/SQL
2. A Few Simple Examples
3. Saving Procedures
4. A More Complete Picture
5. Comments
6. Variable Substitution
7. Simple Exception Handling
8. Advantages of PL/SQL
9. Assignments
Chapter 16: Declarations and Data Types
1. Declarations
2. Standard Data Types
3. Initialization
4. Variable Names
5. Specialized Data Types - %TYPE
6. Specialized Data Types - %ROWTYPE
7. Building Your Own Data Types - Records
8. A Quick look at Loops
9. Arrays
10. Tables
11. Nested Blocks
Chapter 17: Language Components
1. Introduction
2. Assignments
3. Decision Making Statements
4. Simple Loops
5. Loops - for
6. Loops - indefinite
7. Loops - while
8. Simple Loops
9. Nested Loops
10. Boolean Variables
11. PL/SQL Relational Operators
12. PL/SQL Logical Operators
13. The CASE Construct
Chapter 18: Cursors
1. Introduction
2. Cursor Manipulation
3. Using the Cursor
4. For Loops Cursors
5. Cursor Attributes
6. Cursor Parameters
7. Nested Cursors
8. Cursor Exceptions
Chapter 19: Exceptions
1. Errors in Programs
2. Run Time Exceptions
3. Oracle Built In Exceptions
4. Unnamed Exceptions
5. Built in Exception Functions
6. Creating Your Own Exceptions
7. Building Non Terminating Exceptions
Chapter 20: Functions and Procedures
1. Introduction
2. Creating a Procedure
3. Example Procedure
4. Using Parameters
5. Functions
6. Procedures and Exceptions
Appendix A: An SQL and SQL*Plus Reference
1. DDL Statements
2. DML Statements
3. Transaction Control Statements
4. Operators
5. Common SQL*Plus Commands