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Oracle Database
10g:
Introduction to SQL
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Course Outline
Duration:
5 Days
Objectives:
Part 1:
This
course is a common starting point in the Sideris
Oracle database curriculum for administrators, developers and business users.
The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the SQL database
language within the context of an Oracle database.
Specific subject areas to be
explored and objectives to be reached are:
• A summation of relational
database principles and an introduction to the Oracle relational database
server.
• Using the iSQL*Plus web-based database interface
and other traditional interfaces.
• Writing simple SQL queries and moderately complex SQL queries using various
join techniques.
• Summarizing, grouping and sorting data.
• Advanced query techniques such as correlated subqueries.
• Developing simple SQL*Plus reports.
• Creating and maintaining database tables.
• Taking advantage of new features such as the use of regular expressions.
• Moving beyond basic table definitions, consideration of defining the full
range of database objects, such as advanced table definitions, indexes,
sequences, views and others.
• Understanding basic database security and object privileges.
• Using the powerful set of built-in SQL functions.
• Protecting the database and extending the basic data model using declarative
constraints.
• Performing advanced SQL queries such as grouping and cube operations and
SQL99 join syntax.
• Developing complex SQL*Plus reports and using SQL*Plus scripts.
The primary
objective of this course is to consider advanced subjects and techniques
pertaining to the SQL database language. Even professionals experienced in
other implementations of the industry-standard SQL language will benefit from
the advanced and Oracle-specific features of SQL discussed in this course.
Major subject areas to be explored are:
• Learn to use the SQL99 join syntax. Also, performing advanced SQL queries
using techniques such as grouping and cube operations.
• Moving beyond basic table definitions, consideration of defining the full
range of database objects, such as advanced table definitions, indexes,
sequences, views and others.
• Understanding basic database security and object privileges.
• Using the powerful set of built-in SQL functions.
• Protecting the database and extending the basic data model using declarative
constraints.
• Developing complex SQL*Plus reports and using SQL*Plus scripts
RELATIONAL DATABASES & SQL
• ABOUT RELATIONAL DATABASES
• ELEMENTS OF SQL
USING SQL*PLUS
• ABOUT SQL*PLUS
• USING THE MS WINDOWS SQL*PLUS TOOL
• USING THE ISQL*PLUS WEB TOOL
• ENTERING COMMANDS & SYNTAX
BUILDING A SELECT STATEMENT
• ABOUT THE SELECT STATEMENT
• SELECTING COLUMNS
• USING ALIAS NAMES
BUILDING A WHERE CLAUSE
• ABOUT LOGICAL OPERATORS
• EQUALITY OPERATOR
• BOOLEAN OPERATORS
• NULL & BETWEEN OPERATORS
• FINDING TEXT STRINGS
• IN OPERATOR
ORDERING THE RESULT TABLE
• ABOUT THE ORDER BY CLAUSE
• MULTIPLE COLUMN SORTS
• SPECIFYING THE SORT SEQUENCE
• ABOUT NULL VALUES WITHIN SORTS
• USING COLUMN ALIASES
PSEUDO COLUMNS & FUNCTIONS
• ABOUT PSEUDO COLUMNS & FUNCTIONS
• USING ROWID
• USING ROWNUM
• USING THE FUNCTIONS
• USING THE DUAL TABLE
• SESSIONTIMEZONE FUNCTION
JOINING TABLES
• ABOUT JOINS
• INNER JOIN
• REFLEXIVE JOIN
• NON-KEY JOIN
• OUTER JOIN
USING SET OPERATORS
• ABOUT THE SET OPERATORS
• SET OPERATOR EXAMPLES
SUMMARY FUNCTIONS
• ABOUT SUMMARY FUNCTIONS
• SUMMARY FUNCTIONS WITH DISTINCT
USING SUBQUERIES
• ABOUT SUBQUERIES
• STANDARD SUBQUERIES
• CORRELATED SUBQUERIES
CREATING & SELECTING GROUPS
• ABOUT SUMMARY GROUPS
• FINDING GROUPS WITHIN THE BASE TABLES
• SELECTING DATA FROM THE BASE TABLES
• SELECTING GROUPS FROM THE RESULT TABLE
SQL*PLUS COMMANDS
• ABOUT SQL*PLUS COMMANDS
• MORE ABOUT SCRIPT FILES
• INVOKING OPERATING SYSTEM COMMANDS
• SAVING SESSION OUTPUT
BUILD SIMPLE SQL*PLUS REPORTS
• ABOUT THE SQL*PLUS REPORT FEATURES
• SESSION OUTPUT WITH SET
• FORMAT COLUMN OUTPUT WITH COLUMN
• DEFINING REPORT BREAKS WITH BREAK
• PRODUCE SUBTOTALS WITH COMPUTE
SQL DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE
• ABOUT SQL DDL
• CREATE TABLE STATEMENT
• ALTER TABLE STATEMENT
• DROP TABLE STATEMENT
• SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS
SQL DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE
• ABOUT SQL DML
• ABOUT THE INSERT STATEMENT
• ABOUT THE DELETE STATEMENT
• ABOUT THE UPDATE STATEMENT
• ABOUT TRANSACTIONS
• TRUNCATE TABLE
• COMPLEX TABLE REFERENCES
SQL99 JOIN TECHNIQUES
• CROSS JOINS
• NATURAL JOINS
• INNER JOINS
• OUTER JOINS
• ANTI JOINS
• USING NAMED SUBQUERIES
ENHANCING
GROUPS WITH ROLLUP & CUBE
USING THE
CASE EXPRESSION
SQL
FUNCTIONS: CHARACTER
• WHAT ARE THE SQL FUNCTIONS?
• CHARACTER FUNCTIONS
• About GREATEST(), LEAST()
SQL
FUNCTIONS: NUMERIC
SQL
FUNCTIONS: DATE
• DATE FORMAT FUNCTIONS
• DATE ARITHMETIC FUNCTIONS
DATABASE
OBJECTS: RELATIONAL VIEWS
• ABOUT RELATIONAL VIEWS
• UPDATING VIEW DATA
• MAINTAINING VIEW DEFINITIONS
• ALTER VIEW
• DROP VIEW
DATABASE
OBJECTS: DATA DICTIONARY STORAGE
•
USER_UPDATABLE_COLUMNS
• UNDERSTANDING THE DATA DICTIONARY STRUCTURE
DATABASE
OBJECTS: INDEXES
•
ABOUT INDEXES
• USE B-TREE INDEXES
DATABASE
OBJECTS: OTHER OBJECTS
•
CREATING AN APPLICATION SCHEMA
• MORE ABOUT CREATING TABLES
• DEFINING SEQUENCES
• ALTER SEQUENCE & DROP SEQUENCE
• ALTER SEQUENCE
• DROP SEQUENCE
• ABOUT SYNONYMS
• DROP SYNONYM
• CREATE SCHEMA AUTHORIZATION
DATABASE
OBJECTS: SECURITY
•
USER ID PASSWORDS
• OBJECT SECURITY
DATA
INTEGRITY USING CONSTRAINTS
• NOT NULL CONSTRAINT
• CHECK CONSTRAINT
• UNIQUE CONSTRAINT
• PRIMARY KEY CONSTRAINT
• REFERENCES CONSTRAINT
MANAGING
CONSTRAINT DEFINITIONS
•
MANAGING CONSTRAINTS
• RENAMING & DROPPING CONSTRAINTS
• ENABLING & DISABLING CONSTRAINTS
• DEFERRED ENFORCEMENT
• SET CONSTRAINTS
• HANDLING CONSTRAINT EXCEPTIONS
• DATA DICTIONARY STORAGE
OPTIONAL
– ADVANCED SQL*PLUS REPORTS
• BREAK
• COMPUTE
• COLUMN
• TTITLE & BTITLE
OPTIONAL
– BUILDING SQL*PLUS SCRIPTS
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USING SQL*PLUS VARIABLES
• DEFINE & UNDEFINE
• ACCEPT
• PROMPT
• PAUSE
