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Oracle Database 10g: Introduction to SQL

Duration: 5 Days

What you will learn

This course offers students an introduction to Oracle Database 10g database technology. In this class students learn the
concepts of relational databases and the powerful SQL programming language. This course provides the essential SQL
skills that allow developers to write queries against single and multiple tables, manipulate data in tables, create
database objects, and query meta data.
In addition, the advanced features of SQL in order to query and manipulate data within the database are taught.
Advanced querying and reporting techniques are explained. Schema objects that are useful for data warehousing and
other application areas are discussed in detail. Students learn about manipulating large data sets and storing and
retrieving dates according to different time zones.
Learn to:

Use SQL Statements to retrieve data from tables

Create and manage tables, and other schema objects
Employ SQL functions to generate and retrieve customized data
Control privileges at the object and system level
Run data manipulation statements (DML) to update data in the Oracle Database 10g
Search data using Advanced Sub queries, and retrieve hierarchical data

Audience
Application Developers
Business Intelligence Developer
Database Administrators
End Users
Forms Developer
PL/SQL Developer
Portal Developer

Prerequisites
Suggested Prerequisites
Familiarity with Data Processing Concepts and Techniques
Ability to use a graphical user interface (GUI)

Course Objectives
Retrieve row and column data from tables with the SELECT statement.
Employ SQL functions to generate and retrieve customized data.
Run data manipulation statements (DML) to update data in the Oracle Database 10g.
Control user access and manage schema objects

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Search data using advanced sub queries

Course Topics

Introduction
List the Oracle Database 10g Main Features
An Overview of: components, internet platform, apps server and developer suite
Describe Relational and Object Relational Database Designs
Review the System Development Life Cycle
Define the term Data Models
Describe different means of Sorting Data
Show how Multiple Tables can be related
Describe how SQL Communicates to the Database

Writing SQL SELECT Statements

Define projection, selection, and join terminology
Review the basic SQL SELECT statement syntax
Select all columns using a wildcard notation from a table
State simple rules and guidelines for writing SQL statements
Write a query containing the arithmetic operators
Create a character expression with the concatenation operator
Using the iSQL*Plus Environment
SQL statements versus iSQL*Plus commands

Restricting and Sorting Data

Limit rows using a selection
Using the WHERE clause to retrieve specific rows
Using the comparison conditions in the WHERE clause
Use the LIKE condition to compare literal values
List the logical conditions AND, OR, NOT
Describe the rules of precedence for the conditions
Sort rows with the ORDER BY clause
Use ampersand substitution in iSQL*Plus to restrict and sort output at run time

Using Single-Row Functions to Customize Output

Show the differences between single row and multiple row SQL functions
Categorize the character functions into case manipulation and character manipulation types
Use the character manipulation functions in the SELECT and WHERE clauses
Explain and use the DATE and numeric functions
Use the SYSDATE function to retrieve the current date in the default format
Introduce the DUAL table as a means to view function results
List the rules for applying the arithmetic operators on dates
Use the arithmetic operators with dates in the SELECT clause

Reporting Aggregated Data Using the Group Functions

Describe and categorize the group functions
Use the group functions
Utilize the DISTINCT keyword with the group functions
Describe how nulls are handled with the group functions
Create groups of data with the GROUP BY clause
Group data by more than one column

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Avoid illegal queries with the group functions
Exclude groups of data with the HAVING clause

Displaying Data from Multiple Tables

Identify Types of Joins
Retrieve Records with Natural Joins
Use Table Aliases to write shorter code and explicitly identify columns from multiple tables
Create a Join with the USING clause to identify specific columns between tables
Use the ON clause to specify arbitrary conditions or specify columns to Join
Create a Three-way join with the ON clause to retrieve information from 3 tables
List the Types of Outer Joins LEFT, RIGHT, and FULL
Generating a Cartesian Product

Using Sub queries to Solve Queries

List the syntax for sub queries in a SELECT statements WHERE clause
List the guidelines for using sub queries
Describe the types of sub queries
Execute single row sub queries and use the group functions in a sub query
Identify illegal statements with sub queries
Execute multiple row sub queries
Analyze how the ANY and ALL operators work in multiple row sub queries

Using the SET Operators

Use the UNION operator to return all rows from multiple tables and eliminate any duplicate rows
Use the UNION ALL operator to return all rows from multiple tables
Describe the INTERSECT operator
Use the INTERSECT operator
Explain the MINUS operator
Use the MINUS operator
List the SET operator guidelines
Order results when using the UNION operator

Manipulating Data
Write INSERT statements to add rows to a table
Copy rows from another table
Create UPDATE statements to change data in a table
Generate DELETE statements to remove rows from a table
Use a script to manipulate data
Save and discard changes to a table through transaction processing
Show how read consistency works
Describe the TRUNCATE statement

Using DDL Statements to Create and Manage Tables

List the main database objects and describe the naming rules for database objects
Introduce the schema concept
Display the basic syntax for creating a table and show the DEFAULT option
Explain the different types of constraints
Show resulting exceptions when constraints are violated with DML statements
Create a table with a sub query
Describe the ALTER TABLE functionality
Remove a table with the DROP statement and Rename a table

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Creating Other Schema Objects
Categorize simple and complex views and compare them
Create a view
Retrieve data from a view
Explain a read-only view
List the rules for performing DML on complex views
Create a sequence
List the basic rules for when to create and not create an index
Create a synonym

Managing Objects with Data Dictionary Views

Describe the structure of each of the dictionary views
List the purpose of each of the dictionary views
Write queries that retrieve information from the dictionary views on the schema objects
Use the COMMENT command to document objects

Controlling User Access

Controlling User Access
System versus Objects Privileges
Using Roles to define user groups
Changing Your Password
Granting Object Privileges
Confirming Privileges Granted
Revoking Object Privileges
Using Database Links

Manage Schema Objects

Using the ALTER TABLE statement
Adding a Column
Modifying a Column
Dropping a Column, Set Column UNUSED
Adding, Enabling and Disabling Constraints
Creating Function-Based Indexes
Performing FLASHBACK operations
External Tables

Manipulating Large Data Sets

Using the MERGE Statement
Performing DML with Sub queries
Performing DML with a RETURNING Clause
Overview of Multi-table INSERT Statements
Tracking Changes in DML

Generating Reports by Grouping Related Data

Overview of GROUP BY Clause
Overview of Having Clause
Aggregating data with ROLLUP and CUBE Operators
Determine subtotal groups using GROUPING Functions
Compute multiple groupings with GROUPING SETS
Define levels of aggregation with Composite Columns
Create combinations with Concatenated Groupings

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Managing Data in Different Time Zones
Time Zones
Using date and time functions
Identifying TIMESTAMP Data Types
Differentiating between DATE and TIMESTAMP
Performing Conversion Operations

Searching Data Using Advanced Sub queries

Sub query Overview
Using a Sub query
Comparing several columns using Multiple-Column Sub queries
Defining a Data source Using a Sub query in the FROM Clause
Returning one Value using Scalar Sub query Expressions
Performing ROW by-row processing with Correlated Sub queries
Reusing query blocks using the WITH Clause

Hierarchical Retrieval
Sample Data from the EMPLOYEES Table
The Tree Structure of Employee data
Hierarchical Queries
Ranking Rows with LEVEL
Formatting Hierarchical Reports Using LEVEL and LPAD
Pruning Branches with the WHERE and CONNECT BY clauses

Regular Expression Support

Regular Expression Support Overview
Describing simple and complex patterns for searching and manipulating data

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