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Audience:
Database Administrators
System Analysts
Course Objectives:
Describe relational database
concepts
Retrieve, insert, update, and delete data
Use the Single row and Group functions
Retrieve data using additional advanced techniques
like using ROLLUP, CUBE, set operators, correlated
subqueries and hierarchical queries
Solve problems by using multicolumn subqueries,
subqueries in the from clause of a SELECT statement,
correlated subqueries, and scalar subqueries
Use the iSQL*Plus environment
Write scripts to generate script files
Generate reports using iSQL*Plus
Create and maintain database objects
Control transactions
Control data/user access
Use the Oracle9i Single row functions
Use GROUPING SETS and the WITH clause
Use the Oracle9i extensions to DML and DDL statements
Course Topics:
Introduction
Describing the Life Cycle Development Phases
Defining a Relational Database
Discussing the Theoretical, Conceptual, and Physical
Aspects of a Relational Database
Describing How a Relational Database Management System
(RDBMS) Is Used to Manage a Relational Database
Writing a Basic SQL Statement
Describing the SQL Select Capabilities
Executing a Basic Select Statement with the Mandatory
Clauses
Differentiating Between SQL and iSQL*Plus Commands
Restricting and Sorting Data
Limiting the Rows Retrieved by a Query
Sorting the Rows Retrieved by a Query
Single Row Functions
Describing Various Types of Functions Available in SQL
Using a Variety of Character, Number, and Date Functions
in SELECT Statements
Explaining What the Conversion Functions Are and How
They Are Used
Using Control Statements
Displaying Data from Multiple Tables
Writing SELECT Statements to Access Data from More Than
One Table
Describing the Cartesian Product
Describing and Using the Different Types of Joins
Writing Joins Using the Tips Provided
Aggregating Data by Using Group Functions
Identifying the Different Group Functions Available
Explaining the Use of Group Functions
Grouping Data by Using the GROUP BY Clause
Writing Subqueries
Describing the Types of Problems That Subqueries Can
Solve
Describing Subqueries
Listing the Types of Subqueries
Writing Single-Row and Multi-Row Subqueries
Describing and Explaining the Behavior of Subqueries
When NULL Values Are Retrieved
Producing Readable Output with iSQL*Plus
Producing Queries That Require an Input Variable
Customizing the iSQL*Plus Environment
Producing More Readable Output
Creating and Executing Script Files
Manipulating Data
Describing Each Data Manipulation Language (DML) Command
Inserting Rows into a Table
Updating Rows in a Table
Deleting Rows from a Table
Merging Rows into a Table
Controlling Transactions
Describing Transaction Processing
Describing Read Consistency and Implicit and Explicit
Locking
Creating and Managing Tables
Describing the Main Database Objects
Creating Tables
Describing the Oracle Data Types
Altering Table Definitions
Dropping, Renaming, and Truncating Tables
Including Constraints
Describing Constraints
Creating and Maintaining Constraints
Creating Views
Describing Views and Their Uses
Creating a View
Retrieving Data by Means of a View
Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Data Through Views
Dropping Views
Altering the Definition of a View
Inline Views
Top 'N' Analysis
Other Database Objects
Creating, Maintaining, and Using Sequences
Creating and Maintaining Indexes
Creating Private and Public Synonyms
Controlling User Access
Understanding the Concepts of Users, Roles, and
Privileges
Granting and Revoking Object Privileges
Creating Roles and Granting Privileges to Roles
Creating Synonyms for Ease of Table Access
SQL Workshop
Applying Techniques Learned in This Course
Preparing for Future Oracle Courses
Using Set Operators
Describing the Set Operators
Obeying the Set Operators Rules and Guidelines
Using a Set Operator to Combine Multiple Queries into a
Single Subquery
Controlling the Order of Rows Returned
Oracle 9i Datetime Functions
Using DATETIME Functions
Using the NVL2 Function to Handle NULL Values
Enhancements to the GROUP BY Clause
Using ROLLUP as an Extension to the GROUP BY Clause to
Produce Subtotal Values
Using CUBE as an Extension to the GROUP BY Clause to
Produce Cross-Tabulation Values
Using the GROUPING Function to Identify the Row Values
Created by ROLLUP or CUBE Operators
Using GROUPING SETS to Produce a Single Result Set That
Is Equivalent to a UNION ALL Approach
Using the WITH Clause
Advanced Subqueries
Multiple-Column Subqueries
Writing a Subquery in the FROM Clause
Writing and describing Correlated Subquery
Using EXISTS and NOT EXISTS Operators
Updating and Deleting Rows Using Correlated Subqueries
Using Scalar Subqueries in SQL
Hierarchical Retrieval
Discussing the Benefits of the Hierarchical Query
Ordering the Rows Retrieved by a Query in a Hierarchical
Manner
Formatting Hierarchical Data so That It Is Easy to Read
Excluding Branches from the Tree Structure
Oracle9i Extensions to DML and DDL
Statements
Discussing Multitable Inserts
Creating and Using External Tables
Naming the Index and Using the CREATE INDEX Command at
the Time of Creating Primary Key Constraint
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