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Oracle SQL Fundamentals

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5 Days
The Oracle SQL Fundamentals course is designed to give delegates practical experience in writing Oracle SQL statements and scripts. A wide range of SQL functions and data manipulation statements are introduced.

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Course Prerequisites

    • There are no formal pre-requisites for the Oracle SQL Fundamentals course, although an understanding of databases and exposure to information technology in general would be useful.

Course Objectives

    • Create Oracle SQL statements to query database tables
    • Use standard aggregate functions and related SELECT statement clauses
    • Implement extended SQL functions
    • Join Tables
    • Use subqueries
    • Create and alter tables and views
    • Insert, update and delete rows in database tables
    • Retrieve Data Using Correlated Subqueries, In-Line Views and Multi-Column Subqueries
    • Use the WITH Clause
    • Insert and Update Rows Using Complex Subqueries
    • Create Hierarchical Queries
    • Use ROLLUP, CUBE and GROUPING SETS Group By Enhancements
    • Implement the GROUPING and GROUPING_ID Functions
    • Manage Large Data Sets
    • Insert Data Conditionally and Unconditionally
    • Merge Rows in a Table
    • Create TIMESTAMP and INTERVAL Datatypes
    • Use TIMESTAMP, TIMEZONE and INTERVAL Functions and Literals
    • Use Regular Expressions and Implementing Related Functions
    • Manage Objects with the Data Dictionary
    • Manage Schema Objects
    • Perform Flashback Operations
    • Create and Use External Tables
    • Control User Access to Database Objects

Target Audience for this Course

    • Anyone who needs to use and understand Oracle SQL to query and update data in an Oracle database.

Included with this course

    • Comprehensive course materials and exercises

Oracle SQL Fundamentals Course Content

  • DAY 1

    RELATIONAL DATABASE CONCEPTS
    What is an Oracle Database
    Relational Database Structures
    Tables, Rows and Columns
    Indexes, Primary Keys and Foreign Keys
    Supported Datatypes
    The Data Dictionary
    USING SQL*PLUS
    What is SQL*Plus
    Getting Started
    Entering and Executing SQL Statements
    Editing SQL Statements
    Creating, Editing and Executing SQL Files
    USING SQL DEVELOPER
    What is Oracle SQL Developer
    Starting SQL Developer
    Configure a Connection
    Navigation Tabs
    SQL Worksheet
    Query Builder
    RETRIEVING DATA WITH THE SELECT STATEMENT
    The SELECT Statement
    The SELECT and FROM Clauses
    Conditions and the WHERE Clause
    Other Conditional Operators
    Logical Operators
    The ORDER BY Clause
    Column Aliases
    Arithmetic Expressions
    Precedence of Operators
    AGGREGATE FUNCTIONS
    Overview of Built In Aggregate Functions
    The GROUP BY Clause
    The HAVING Clause

  • DAY 2

    JOINING TABLES
    Overview of Table Joins
    Inner Joins
    Table Aliases
    Outer Joins
    Self Joins
    ANSI Standard Joins
    NUMERIC, CHARACTER AND DATE FUNCTIONS
    Function Types
    Using the Table dual to try out Functions
    Numeric Functions
    Character Functions
    String Concatenation
    Date Arithmetic and Date Functions
    CONVERSION AND MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
    Conversion Functions
    The NVL and NVL2 Functions
    The DECODE Function
    CASE Expressions
    The COALESCE and NULLIF Functions
    SQL PARAMETERS
    Command Line Substitution Parameters
    The Accept Command
    The Define and Undefine Commands
    USING SUBQUERIES
    Overview of Subqueries
    In-Line Views
    Top-N Queries
    Complex Subqueries
    Multi Column Subqueries
    Correlated Subqueries
    Subquery Rules
    Using the ANY, ALL and SOME Operators

  • DAY 3

    MANAGING DATA
    Inserting Rows
    Updating Rows
    Deleting Rows
    Verifying Updates
    Transaction Control
    Commit and Rollback
    Savepoints
    Commits and Constraints
    Amending Data in SQL Developer
    MANAGING TABLES
    Creating Tables
    Specifying Constraints
    Altering Tables, Columns and Constraints
    Dropping Tables, Columns and Constraints
    Copying Tables
    MANAGING INDEXES AND VIEWS
    Creating Indexes
    Dropping Indexes
    Listing Indexes
    Creating and Using Views
    Dropping Views
    Listing Views
    MANAGING SEQUENCES AND SYNONYMS
    Create a Sequence
    View Sequence Details
    Create a Synonym
    List Synonyms

  • DAY 4

    RETRIEVE DATA USING SUBQUERIES
    ANY, ALL or SOME Operators
    Correlated Subqueries
    In-Line Views
    The Exists Operator
    The WITH Clause
    Multi-Column Subqueries
    Insert and Update Using a Query
    Correlated Update and Delete
    HIERARCHICAL QUERIES
    Hierarchical data
    The START WITH and CONNECT BY clauses
    The LEVEL pseudo-column
    Sequencing the output
    Eliminating nodes and branches
    ENHANCED GROUPING FEATURES
    Review of basic grouping concepts
    The ROLLUP and CUBE extensions
    The GROUPING SETS extension
    Using the GROUPING and GROUPING_ID functions
    MANAGE LARGE DATA SETS
    Multi-table Inserts
    Conditional and Unconditional Inserts
    Merging Data into a Table
    Table and View Based Merge
    A Sub Query Based Merge
    FLASHBACK TECHNOLOGY
    Flashback Query
    The AS Clause
    Flashback Table
    Flashback Drop

  • DAY 5

    DATE, TIME AND TIMEZONE SUPPORT
    Date, Timestamp and Interval datatypes
    Handling dates and times
    Handling intervals
    Date, timestamp and interval functions and literals
    Related NLS parameters
    REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT
    Regular Expression Notation
    Character matching
    Repetition operators
    Sub expression grouping
    Regular expression functions
    MANAGE OBJECTS WITH THE DATA DICTIONARY
    The Data Dictionary
    Useful Data Dictionary Tables
    Using the Data Dictionary
    MANAGE SCHEMA OBJECTS
    Column Operations
    Constraint Operations
    Creating and Dropping Indexes
    B-Tree Indexes
    Function Based Indexes
    Descending Indexes
    Creating and Using External Tables
    ACCESS CONTROL
    System Privileges and Roles
    Create Users
    Alter User Details
    Grant and Revoke Object Privileges

 

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